Have Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Roles Changed in the Last 50 Years?

This study examined changes in authoritarian parenting practices and family roles in Sweden over the last 50 years. Data came from 3 cohorts (1958, 1981, and 2011) of young to middle‐age adults living in a suburb of Stockholm who answered questions about how they were raised (N 1958 = 385, N 1981 = 207, N 2011 = 457). The results showed a dramatic decrease in parents' directive control. Also, over time, parents increasingly allowed children to...