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In a sunny family room, a mother crouches beside her seven-year-old son on the sofa and talks with him calmly; a game controller rests on the coffee table.

Parenting styles

Parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved (ages 1-18)

Too strict, or too soft? We separate the four parenting styles with two questions, show four answers to the same bedtime standoff, and explain how two parents with different styles can agree on shared rules.

1-3 Years
3-6 Years
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9-12 Years
12-18 Years
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