- Authoritarian parents attempt to maintain strict control over their child’s life.
- Permissive parents give the child extensive freedom to make choices with little input from the parent
- Authoritative parents offer a middle-ground combination of control and freedom
- Neglectful parents have low involvement in the child’s life
- free-range parenting, a style of parenting that deemphasizes scheduling and supervision and emphasizes extreme independence
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