patterns of parenting styles

• In a published book by D. Nicholson and H. Ayers, titled Adolescent Problems in 2004, patterns of parenting

  styles are the following:

  1. Authoritarian

  2. Permissive

  3. Authoritative

  4. Rejecting / neglecting
• Authoritarian - parents who are depending on force alone to control their children rather than

  reasoning with them or praising them.
• Permissive - parents who do not consistently enforce rules and do not have high expectations of

  their children.
• Authoritative - parents who maintain firm control over their children through reasoning with their children rather than depending on the force.
• Rejecting / neglecting —parents who do not provide supervision, and do not have any expectations, and who are not supportive of their children.