Child Development

Parents exert control and authority by establishing specific guidelines, rules, and standards that must be followed by the child.

• Authoritative/Democratic

• Authoritarian

• Permissive

• Uninvolved

Opposite of authoritarian, parents exert little control or guidance over their children

• Authoritative/Democratic

• Authoritarian

• Permissive

• Uninvolved

Parents clearly define the limits of the child's behavior and allow the child to make his or her own decisions within those limits

• Authoritative/Democratic

• Authoritarian

• Permissive

• Uninvolved

Parents are not around much and don't seem to care what their child is doing

• Authoritative/Democratic

• Authoritarian

• Permissive

• Uninvolved

A married couple and one or more children

One parent, either the mother or father, and one or more children who all reside together

A married couple, their children and their children from previous marriages

A couple without married children

Nuclear, single-parent, blended, childless, or foster families, plus other relatives who reside together

Families who provide care for children when their parents are unable to care for them