Whether you're a self-proclaimed O.G. or just getting started with a late-in-life (LIL) miracle baby, we invite you to take a good look at your parenting style with our short quiz. The results may be surprising!
The subscription-based streaming platform Hulu recently launched a reality television show promising to reveal America's best parenting style by the series' end. The Parent Test placed twelve families in staged social scenarios to test their resilience and caregiving effectiveness.
Couples shared spirited conversations about the videotaped outcomes and ranked votes favoring the most skilled parenting style. The winning prize included international bragging rights among an assemblage of masterful caretakers. Self-proclaimed disciplinarian Andrea McCoy was ultimately crowned queen of the contest as her daughter Star passed each test with flying colors.
Each parenting style depicted in the television series represented subsets of the four main types: authoritative, authoritarian, passive, and uninvolved. To the chagrin of rule makers across the globe, much ado has been made about the long-term ramifications of strict child-rearing. Likewise, ongoing discourse suggests that kids raised in environments with little accountability face unique challenges throughout life.
Parenting is dynamic, and understanding your position on the spectrum is crucial to fashioning a nurturing home. We've amassed a collection of scientific research to highlight key features of the four main caregiver styles and outcomes that children express:
I grew up in a...
A. Authoritarian home
B. Authoritative home
C. Permissive home
D. Uninvolved home
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