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Authoritarian parents,

inflexible parenting style

and its impact on children's

behaviors in the children's

home "la alegría de vivir" in

Lebrija Santander.

Padres autoritarios, estilo de crianza

inflexible y su incidencia en los

comportamientos de niños y niñas en

el hogar infantil “la alegría de vivir”

en Lebrija Santander

Luz Helena Hernández Badillo

Abstract

This document shows how authoritarian parents and inflexible

parenting style affect the behavior of children in the Hogar Infantil

"La Alegría De Vivir". It seeks to answer the question: How to

exercise authority and the style of integral formation of parents to

their children, for the formative development in their daily life? This

project has a qualitative approach with an action research design; its

general objective is to guide, through training, authoritarian parents

in the style of upbringing of the families who are users of the H.I.

"La Alegría De Vivir" in Lebrija, Santander. Three fundamental

phases were implemented for this project: in the first instance the

exploration, whose intention consists of a bibliographic review,

* Degree in basic education with emphasis on physical

education, recreation and sports, Specialist in the integral

development of children and adolescents. Corporación

universitaria Iberoamericana, Master in Education.

lhern100@ibero.edu.co https://orcid.org/0000-0001-

5133-5677

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about the thematic approached in the case of the roles that each one

of the parents fulfills; in second instance the description and

analysis, to be able to evidence the origin that characterizes the

population and it is executed by means of a focal group based on

observation; Finally, the interpretation of the processes and

behaviors of the parents and the infants is taken; reaching the point

of being able to have the necessary data and make its interpretation

of the information, reaching the use of didactic strategies based on

games, interests and arts to help understand, anticipate and control

the behavior of the little ones.

Key words: Authoritarian parents, parenting style, school-family

bonding, communication, authority and incidence.

Resumen

El presente documento, evidencia como los padres autoritarios, el

estilo de crianza inflexible inciden los comportamientos de los niños

y niñas dentro del Hogar Infantil “La Alegría De Vivir”. Busca

responder a la pregunta ¿Cómo ejercer la autoridad y el estilo de

formación integral de los padres a sus hijos, para el desarrollo

formativo en su cotidianidad? Este proyecto dispone del enfoque

cualitativo con un diseño de investigación acción; tiene como

objetivo general, orientar por medio de capacitaciones a los padres

autoritarios en el estilo de crianza de las familias usuarias del H.I

“La Alegría De Vivir” en Lebrija, Santander. Para este proyecto se

implementaron tres fases fundamentales: en primera instancia la

exploración, cuya intención consiste en una revisión bibliográfica,

acerca de la temática abordada en el caso de los roles que cumple

cada uno de los padres de familia; en segunda instancia la

descripción y análisis, para poder evidenciar la procedencia que

caracteriza a la población y se ejecuta por medio de un grupo focal

cimentado bajo la observación; por último se toma la interpretación

en los procesos y conductas de los progenitores y los infantes;

llegando al punto de poder tener los datos necesarios y hacer su

interpretación de la información, alcanzando el uso de estrategias

didácticas basadas en juegos, intereses y artes para ayudar a

comprender, anticipar y controlar el comportamiento de los

pequeños.

Palabras clave: Padres autoritarios, estilo de crianza, vinculación

escuela-familia, comunicación, autoridad e incidencia.

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Introduction

The world is made up of countless people, the result of their home

and family education, who settle according to the circumstances in

which they are born; the whole concept of global exchange is

devalued for various reasons given by society, and the above is the

case of Third World countries, such as Colombia, there is strong

evidence that different behaviors can be observed in the field of

education, depending on the environment in which the population

lives.

This is the case of the children's home "La Alegría de Vivir", a place

of education in Lebrija, Santander, 15 km from Bucaramanga;

Lebrija is currently located in one of the rural and urban areas of the

city. There are 30,984 inhabitants here (Alcaldía de Lebrija, p. F.).

This is an opportunity to check how students, parents and families of

the orphanage "La Alegría de Vivir" behave in order to adjust

parenting styles according to what is best for the infant, according to

the motive and as encouraged by the American Psychological

Association. (2017) perspective on future expectations of human

construction. These children will be the protagonists of this

qualitative study under an action research approach in which

morbidity emerges from the infant's everyday behavior.

The question was posed as a problem: How to exercise the authority

and the style of integral formation of parents to their children, for the

formative development in their daily life?

This research explored the importance of parenting style, which is

considered to be the basis of children's education, so the purpose of

this project is to explain the influence of parenting style in

authoritative fathers, mothers or caregivers during children's

development in infancy. Observations of 4 and 5 year old children,

parents or caregivers on parenting styles at this stage of childhood,

behaviors that influence the behavior and interaction of achievement

in the various social contexts in which they live; including

orphanages.

From this research we observed the child's behavior in social

situations outside the home, how he/she shows leadership authority,

manages parenting, uses it as a norm and is based on the model of

family culture and life history. The responsibilities imposed by

parents or caregivers who are in charge of children's education

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transmit their influence from generation to generation and reflect the

way in which people interact to perform in their social context.

This project was developed in the Hogar Infantil la Alegría de Vivir

as a strategic ally of the Asociación de Padres de Familia del Hogar

Infantil la Alegría de Vivir del Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar

Familiar - ICBF, located in the Municipality of Lebrija, Santander.

When the children enter the H.I., they come with habits and customs

developed by their parents from their homes and when they arrive at

the H.I., it becomes difficult to harmonize the routines proposed by

the institution, in the development of daily activities and experience;

it should be noted that the characteristics of the beneficiaries of the

Hogar Infantil la Alegría de Vivir are as follows: 60 girls and 75 boys

from 2 to 4 years old, 5 infants distributed in the countryside, 130

are located in urban areas where their family environment is solitary,

nuclear, congregational and/or extensive, who seek the integral

development of boys and girls, this is why the problem question was

posed: How to exercise the authority and the style of integral

formation of parents to their children, for the formative development

in their daily life?

Materials and methods

A qualitative research of the action research type was developed. The

institution consists of 7 groups of 19 boys and girls each, 2 children

per group were selected from the observation made and their parents,

to be the sample of the research. The qualitative type of research is

applied because, through it, the task is to study reality in the natural

context where it is presented.

This investigative process consisted firstly, the research, which

aimed to include a literature review of the issues addressed in the

context of the role of each parent, and secondly, a description and

analysis to show the population. Trait origins and performance using

observational focus groups; finally, interpretation into parent-child

processes and behaviors; to the point where the necessary data can

be obtained and information can be interpreted to the extent that

play, interest, and art-based learning strategies are used to help

understand, predict, and manage young children's behavior.

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Results

In the first phase, it was found that some children were frequent

actors of violent behaviors: physical violence (hitting, kicking, neck

groping, pulling, pushing, shoving, tugging, throwing paper balls),

verbal abuse (children using name-calling, insults, swearing and

shouting) and emotional abuse (threatening comments).

Observations revealed different patterns of behavior, such as:

children greet each other, children laugh, some children get angry

easily, some children talk to each other, some children get distracted

very easily, touching when they want to get something but do not get

it right away, children make funny gestures, some children

expressive.

From this observation, the focus was on some children who

exhibited disruptive behavior and others with "appropriate"

behavior, and within a week of observation, certain groups of

children began to exhibit repetitive behaviors, indicating that some

things were not functioning normally. In the second phase, using

focus groups and simultaneous meetings with parents in a sample

population, it became clear that parents of children who reported

"inappropriate" behavior or violence in their orphanages had not set

standards and that their guidelines, because parenting was not based

on love, were based on their parenting.

However, it is clear that parents of children who exhibit

"appropriate" behavior are parents based on the values of love,

responsible rules, quality time, respect, caring and respect.

Discussion

After the analysis and interpretation of the results considered, a

series of pedagogical actions are proposed as alternatives to the

problem from the pedagogical point of view. Exploring and learning

new ideas, concepts, using didactic strategies based on games,

interests and arts to help them understand, anticipate and control

behavior in order to help children.

This section covers the discussion on authoritarian parenting and

parenting an environment for the guidance of infants in families with

authoritarian parents, children who are fearful and lack involvement

are viewed in context, causes increased aggression and low

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frustration tolerance. These children have difficulty expressing

themselves emotionally, they become obedient. Authoritarian

parenting has consequences for children, they demand themselves

and others, low self-esteem, withdrawal and rebellion, aggression,

emotional problems, juvenile addiction.

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