Parenting Styles

Question 1

What are the different parenting styles?

Answer 1

Authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved

Question 2

What type of parent is an authoritative parent?

Answer 2

They are normally sensitive and responsive however demanding

Question 3

What type of parent is an authoritarian parent?

Answer 3

They’re normally stern yet detached and demanding

Question 4

What type of parent is a permissive parent?

Answer 4

They’re normally sensitive and responsive however they don’t enforce limits

Question 5

What type of parent is a uninvolved parent?

Answer 5

They are normally stern yet detached and don’t enforce limits

Question 6

What does being a authoritative mean?

Answer 6

-They have high demands but are responsive to a child’s emotional needs while still having high standards

• The children are more Independent, self reliant and well behaved
• Less likely to engage in antisocial behaviour, have depression or anxiety

Question 7

What does being a authoritarian parent mean?

Answer 7

• they have high demands yet low responsiveness

- they have high expectations but give very little in the way of feedback and nurturance

Question 8

What does being a permissive parent mean?

Answer 8

• Low demands and high responsiveness they’re very loving and provide a few guidelines and rules
• they don’t expect mature behaviour, more of a friend then parent
• child tends to struggle with self control

Question 9

What does being a uninvolved parent mean?

Answer 9

• few to no demands of their children
• often dismissive / neglectful to child
• only provide basic needs (food, shelter)
• child might have to provide for themselves
• child fear becoming dependent on other people
• emotionally withdrawn
• anxiety, fear and stress due to lack of family support
• increased risk of substance abuse