Psychologists believe parents' actions are linked to child development and even influence behavior in adulthood.
This quiz can help us discover our own parenting style or the parenting style we were raised under.
Who Is This Parenting Style Quiz For?
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What Are the 4 Types of Parenting Styles?
Researchers studying parenting and child development have put parenting styles into groups ranging from three or more.
They might also rebel against authority figures when they get older.
A permissive parent might act like a childs friend instead of their parent.
Instead of getting guidance from a parent, the child may have to figure out things on their own.
These parents may not know much about their childs life and might seem indifferent or unresponsive.
They may also be neglectful or physically or emotionally abusive.
).From the 1930s to the 1960s, research focused on parenting traits rather than parenting behaviors.
A fourth parenting style was added later.
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