If you are reading this article I would recommend you to read my previous article which is the first part of this article in which I have explained about Eastern parenting style and its pros vs cons.
I dont have any proper knowledge about Western Parenting styles as I have not seen it with my own eyes. I have lived under the eastern parenting style that's the reason why I know so much about it but I haven't experienced the western style. I have seen it mostly in movies and my article would be mainly inspired by what I have seen in the movies.
As I explained Eastern parents are more authoritarian and strict while Western parenting style is permissive and uninvolved parenting. Mostly, parents dont get involved in the decisions of their children's personal lives and they give total freedom to their children.
Western parenting is more flexible as compared to eastern. The parents are more friendly. They dont interfere in their personal lives and dont influence their decisions.
They usually dont let their children sleep with them from the start and they train them to soothe themselves to sleep from an early age. Parents also dont feed their babies like eastern parents. They let them eat by themselves.
Parents usually set some boundaries for their children but they are more liberal as compared to eastern parents. They dont push their children and let them choose whatever interests them.
Most children left their homes when they reach 18 for pursing academics. And they leave their homes after getting married, that's why most of their families are nuclear families.
Pros
Children grown under Western Parenting styles mostly have decision-making skills. The reason is they have already made their life decisions and no one has any influence over them.
Children are mostly creative and they are free thinkers because of the free environment provided to them.
Children who have grown under Western parenting styles have the courage to face challenges in their lives because they already lived their life independently without any help from their parents. They have vast experience of solving hard issues on their own.
Due to the free environment and freedom of expression, they have fewer psychological issues because they express their emotions freely with their parents.
Children who grow in a free and sensible environment tend to grow their children the freeway and let them have complete freedom.
Cons
Children mostly lack excels in academic because they have no pressure from their parents which make them carefree.
Children mostly do not listen to their parents because they have the choice to not abide by their parent's decisions.
They mostly become rude and they have no respect for their elders.
Sometimes, they get into bad habits because of the liberty given by their parents.
There is a high chance of making a wrong decision due to a lack of guidance from their parents.
The involvement of parents gives their children freedom and sometimes they take the wrong advantage of it by getting into bad habits.
I am thinking of writing another article about the conclusion between which style is best for children. And I am planning to write tomorrow in sha Allah.
