3 Types of Parenting Styles

Authoritarian

This type of parent can be described as controlling, demanding, regulating, and put their child down rather than builds them up. A good example of this is the mother in Tangled. No, not the queen but the old lady- her kidnapper. Take a look here! You can tell she has all of these qualities.






Permissive

This type of parent is not strict with rules, inconsistent, they love their children very much, and they are more concerned about being their child's friend rather than their parent. An example of this would be the father of Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Watch this example here! You can tell he let's his daughter walk all over him but he loves her so much he will give in to her every demand.

Authoritative 

The last parenting style I want to talk about is the Authoritative. This sounds very similar to Authoritarian. How I keep them straight is authoritatiVe has a V and so does loVe! Authoritative parents are active parents. They give their child choices. They encourage their child to develop traits such as courage, respect, and responsibility. An example of an authoritative parent would be like Raymond in this episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. Click here to watch it. You can tell Authoritative parenting is not always easy. It sometimes is not what we are used to. Raymond and his wife, Debra, try to use active listening which is part of being an authoritative parent. Debra has a hard time applying this and was using more authoritarian approaches. Raymond learned a lot about authoritative parenting from the parenting class they attended.

Could you tell the difference in the three clips? What parent are you most like? What parent do you want to be like? 

Here is a link to a quiz you can take to see what your parenting style is!