Mad River Behavioral Health

  [1] Obedience and respect for authority are the most important virtues children should learn. Disagree Strongly Disagree Mostly Disagree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Agree Mostly Agree Strongly [2] A person who has bad manners, habits, and breeding can hardly expect to get along with decent people. Disagree Strongly Disagree Mostly Disagree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Agree Mostly Agree Strongly [3] If people would talk less and work more, everybody would be better off. Disagree Strongly Disagree Mostly Disagree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Agree Mostly Agree Strongly [4] The business man and the manufacturer are much more important to society than the artist and the professor. Disagree Strongly Disagree Mostly Disagree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Agree Mostly Agree Strongly [5] Science has its place, but there are many important things that can never be understood by the human mind. Disagree Strongly Disagree Mostly Disagree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Agree Mostly Agree Strongly [6] Every person sho...

 I’ve always advised parents to be like Jello.  Jello is firm, yet fun and fruity.  *** There are three primary parenting styles - authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive.  Each are effective in raising children to become productive adults. Each has strengths and weaknesses.  Permissive parenting generally produces adults who have  higher self-esteem and tend to be high achievers.  While still children, there may be more behavioral problems.  Authoritarian parents (strict, often harsh and punitive) produce adults that have lower self-esteem and tend to be lower achievers. As children, there are fewer behavior problems - while adults are watching - although covert behaviors (lying, being sneaky) tend to be higher.  Authoritative parents produce the most successful adults. Authoritative parents are firm, but willing to discuss rules and expectations. Authoritative parents use a lot of verbal reasoning from a very early age. Their children ...