When I originally, read the chapter in the text, after hearing the lecture in class, I got the impression that parenting styles were clean cut and easily defined. Unfortunately, like many other terms and theories in psychology, patenting style is a fuzzy concept. When I found the article and began to read the brief, but informative real life experiences of a few very different parents, I realized how impossible it is for any parent to …showed first 75 words of 459 total…

…showed last 75 words of 459 total…out. The father seemed to be protective and controlling. I would label him protective because he made such a big deal about the window that the wife decided to put bars on it. Also I think he is controlling because he seemed to call the shot with how everything with child was going to be regardless of constructive criticisms of others. All in the entire article clarified the parenting style dynamics for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**