The Influence of Parenting Styles on Attachment Styles and Parental Influence on Children’s Cognitive Development

Tianjin xinhua high school, Tianjin, 300000, China

^* Corresponding author: thalle80499@student.napavalley.edu

Abstract

As people’s attachment styles have aroused the attention of whole society, researchers have done many studies for exploring the determination of their attachment styles. However, the causal relationship between parenting styles and formation of attachment styles still needs a specific explanation. Therefore, in this study, by summarizing the previous experiments and researches, detailed explanation will be illustrated. And through the investigation of parenting styles, a new question about how parents influence their children’s cognitive development, especially their communicating ways has been addressed, so this question will also be illustrated by referencing several studies. This research has found that the extent of the influence of parenting styles on attachment styles is mainly based on the responsiveness of parents, and all the insecure attachment styles would be attributed to insecure parenting styles. In this way, parents’ communicating ways with their children would have some effects on their cognitive development. So, the parental influence comprehensively influences children in many aspects, and parents should learn to behave securely in order to provide their children a safe future.