Parenting Styles Self Quiz Results Add up your As, Bs, Cs and Ds - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Mostly A’s? PERMISSIVE parenting style Parents…

• High in responsiveness
• Few demands

Children…

• Treated as adults
• Allowed to make own decisions
• Have no imposed rules
• Have few restrictions in their daily lives
• Might have future problems dealing with rules
• Often make decisions with consequences they’re not prepared to

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Parenting Styles Self Quiz – Results

Add up your A’s, B’s, C’s and D’s

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Parenting Styles Self Quiz – Results

Add up your A’s, B’s C’s and D’s

Mostly B’s? AUTHORITARIAN parenting style Parents…

• Demanding and may not give much in return
• Very rigid and controlling
• Low in responsiveness

Children…

• Might grow up feeling lost & without guidance
• Could lack self-confidence in making decisions

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Parenting Styles Self Quiz – Results

Add up your A’s, B’s, C’s and D’s

Mostly C’s? AUTHORITATIVE parenting style Parents…

• Demanding, but give in return
• Open to discussion & negotiating
• Give children firmness & self-control
• Parent-child relationship based on respect & routine
• High in responsiveness

Children…

• Learn social skills
• Have a positive self-image

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Parenting Styles Self Quiz – Results

Add up your A’s, B’s, C’s and D’s

Mostly D’s? UNINVOLVED parenting style

• Few Demands
• Low in responsiveness
• May be neglectful or both rejecting & neglectful
• Children & adolescents whose parents are uninvolved perform most

poorly in all domains (social, instrumental, etc.)

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Parenting Styles Axis

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Natural vs. Logical Consequences

• 1. Jenny leaves her scooter in the driveway.
• 2. Jake checks out a library book and loses it.
• 3. Traci stays out past her agreed upon curfew.
• 4. Sean throws his clothes on the floor, not in the hamper.
• 5. John forgets to feed his goldfish for 3 weeks.
• 6. Joni eats cookies right before lunch without permission.
• 7. Denise’s teacher sends home a note because she isn’t

turning in schoolwork. For each situation think of a NATURAL and LOGICAL consequence.

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