Parents influence personality development in 3 important ways. Describe them.

1. Effective parents provide a safe and nurturant environment that promotes personal security (Cipriano & Stifter, 2010). 2. Parents who talk with their children and explain the reasons why rules are important, and emphasise the effects of actions on others, promotes social development in their children (Thompson & Newton, 2010). 3. Good parents model effective personality traits that provide their children with concrete examples they can emulate.