You and Your Parents

Which is NOT one of the parental strictness styles we reviewed?

• too strict

• too harsh

• too lenient

• too patient

"Parents may constantly give in to their children or fail to provide clear and consistent rules​" best describes which parenting style?

• too strict

• too harsh

• too lenient

Which is a possible consequence of growing up with parents who are too harsh?

• children often grow up to become very shy or very aggressive, and often unhappy​

• reduces children's self-esteem and confidence – they may feel worthless or like a failure

• children often develop behavior problems​

• parents may take out their frustrations on their children​

In dysfunctional families, parents may take out their frustrations on their children​ - which of these is NOT a possible consequence of this?

• • Children are too scared to say or admit certain things​

• • Children are too scared to say or admit certain things​

• Some families do a good job of problem solving

• • Children may react with anger to show they are hurting​

Which of the following is FALSE about abandonment?

• there is not a tendency for people to repeat these kinds of experiences in life

• abandonment can occur all at once or over a period of time with repeated experiences

• children often bury feelings of abandonment which often causes problems

• feelings of abandonment can occur due to a parent leaving, a parent neglecting their child, or a parent rejecting their child

Answer explanation

Sometimes there is a tendency for people to repeat these kinds of experiences in life – they grow up feeling abandoned, so they expect others to abandon them which then reinforces the childhood pain