Intellectual Disability and the Effects of Parenting Styles

Abstract

The aim of the study is to understand and dive deeper into learning about whether parenting styles affect the life of a child with intellectual disability. The paper explains what intellectual disability is, its symptoms and proceeded to investigate what parenting styles are and how they affect the up bringing of a child. This investigation was done via a therapeutic alliance formed between the case presented in the paper along with secondary research on the same topic. Upon in depth research, it was found that parenting styles in fact do affect the lifestyle of a child with ID. It was seen midst the research that children with ID can easily follow the path of an unhealthy lifestyle and thus it is important for parents to impose some rules and regulations.