Parenting Styles

Expects children to obey parenting without question

• Authoritarian 
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved 

Does not consider the needs of the child 

• Authoritarian 
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved 

Gives child wide range of freedom

• Authoritarian
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved 

Gets input from child for rules and limits

• Authoritarian
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved 

Teaches child to think for him/herself

• Authoritarian 
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved 

Tells child what to do and expects it to be done immediately

• Authoritarian
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Univolved 

Children often as issues with authority later in life

• Authoritarian 
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved 

Child often feels abandoned and has low self esteem

• Authoritarian
• Democratic 
• Permissive 
• Uninvolved