Parenting Styles Matter: Are There Best Practices In Parenting? 

According to Diana Baumrind, a clinical and developmental psychologist known for researching parenting styles, there are 3 broad categories of parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative.

Later, other researchers added a fourth - neglectful.

Do you demand and expect your children to obey and often use punishment as a discipline? Then you are an authoritarian parent.

Children who grew up in a strict household tend to be the most well-behaved in the room. They tend to be safe in their actions. 

Or maybe you are more lenient with your children and allow them to do whatever they want. Then you are a permissive parent. 

This type of parenting has its disadvantages. Without firm boundaries, children may be unaware of what constitutes acceptable behavior. 

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