Rebellion

Rebellion: The Most Self-Destructive Effect of Authoritarian Parenting Style Discipline is the backbone of characters; without it, nothing greater can be achieved in life. It is a form of punishment or instruction which corrects, molds, or perfects the moral character of mental faculties of a person or child. With discipline, values are also learned by the child in order for him or her to become a better person as he or she grows up. Parents may use various types of disciplinary measures to guide their children. As each child is different, even within the same family, ways of disciplining may obviously vary. It is a constant rollercoaster to find the most effective type of parenting style to use. One of the parenting styles that can be used is authoritarian parenting style. It is a strict parenting style that involves high expectations from parents but have little communication between parents and children. An authoritarian-restrictive parent’s ways of molding their children’s characteristics include unfavorable behavior such as, uttering the word ‘No’ or ‘Wrong,’ tight orders or limitations, and penalties or harsh correction. (Philadelphia Child Guidance with Jack Maguire, 1994, p.69). This type of parenting style expresses too much control towards children that is why it bears several negative results. One of the effects is rebellion, which is defined as an opposition to one in authority or dominance. Against socially fitting in (rebellion of non-conformity) and against adult authority (rebellion of non-compliance) are the two most familiar types of rebellion. For Pickhardt (2009), both of these types can catch the attention of adults through disobedience. According to Mrs. Sonia SyGaco (2013), a Speech teacher in Silliman University, this individual (rebel child) exactly will do the opposite actions from what his/her parents says; therefore a rebellious child is a deviant. Dangers can be found for an extremely defying adolescent, who are capable of rebelling in ways that are self-defeating and self-destructive too, such that his or her own safety, interest, confidence,