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If you and your partner are still unsure about what kind of parents you both are, take this quiz to find out. This may make finding a compromise a little easier.

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Parenting Styles

No one denies that parenting is difficult, but you can make it easier on yourself by identifying your parenting style. According to scientists, there are four parenting styles. Parents are authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or neglectful. Identifying where you fall on the spectrum is a great way to determine what you need to work on to become a better parent.

What's in a Style?

Your parenting style says a lot about your relationship with your child. Because of that, you might want to change parenting styles once you learn what type of parent you are.

Authoritative parents are deemed the most effective. These parents are characterized by their high expectations, understanding, and support. These qualities create a healthy environment that allows children to thrive. You might not score as an authoritative parent right out the gate, but you can work on obtaining the right qualities and retake the test to find out if you have developed the necessary skills.

Authoritarian parents are typically defined as strict parents. They are the most demanding of the parents, and they don't respond to their children's requests for an open dialogue. They set rules and punish their children in an effort to obtain obedience.

Indulgent, or permissive, parents, are extremely lenient. These parents avoid confrontation at all costs. While the parents are very nurturing, they don't set boundaries for their children so their kids don't learn important rules. Parents who follow this method of parenting were often brought up by authoritarian parents. Finally, neglectful parenting is the most dangerous of all of the styles. As the name suggests, these parents neglect their children's basic needs. For instance, they are not there for their children emotionally or physically. If you are a neglectful parent, you should seek outside help to mend your relationship with your child and to find a new parenting style.

Taking the Test

As you look through the parenting styles, there is likely one that you want to be. That is normal. Still, answer the questions as honestly as possible. You will only benefit by providing honest and open answers.

If you answer honestly, this test will provide you with an inside look into how you interact with your child. It might show you that you have the right parenting style, or it might show you that you need a little work. Either way, it will provide you with some important information that will give you confidence as you forge ahead.

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4 Parenting Styles: What Type of Parent Are You?

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No one denies that parenting is difficult, but you can make it easier on yourself by identifying your parenting style. According to scientists, there are four parenting styles. Parents are authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or neglectful. Identifying where you fall on the spectrum is a great way to determine what you need to work on to become a better parent.

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Listening to one another and putting yourself in the other person's shoes is the first step of reaching a compromise. Figure out which style each of you is like, and determine what needs to happen in order to grow towards both of you being authoritative. Learn from each other and grow together to develop a way to parent your children in a way that nurtures them and does not damage your marriage along the way.

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Instead of letting their differences get the best of them, Gina and Jeff should sit down and calmly and gently suggest different ways to solve their problems. Jeff can take on a more strict parenting role, which will take some of the disciplinary stress off Gina. In return, Gina can loosen the reigns a bit and learn how to be a more flexible parent.

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A parenting style characterized by a lack of parental involvement in the child's life.

Children feel like their parents do not care about them and are not good sociably, have no self control.

Parent is concerned with their own needs and wants

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As a first-time mom, Gina’s instinct was to establish firm, consistent rules for the kids as well as for how she and Jeff parented, from which no one should ever deviate (Authoritarian). Jeff was more spontaneous, and more inclined to react in the moment. As a result, Gina was often the stricter parent, while Jeff was the “nice guy,” (Permissive) which Gina began to resent. Jeff began to resent what he saw as Gina’s constant nagging, which he felt created a tense household. He felt nothing he did was ever right.

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A parenting style that encourages the child to be independent but that still places limits and controls on behavior.
Children are more self reliant and responsible for their actions

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A parenting style characterized by the placement of few limits on the child's behavior.

Children often expect to get their way as a result of the parent wanting to be the child’s friend.

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A restrictive, punitive style in which the parent exhorts the child to follow the parent's directions. Strict and stern parenting. Associated with less parental warmth and responsiveness.

Children of these parents can be antisocial

Less resourceful, less socially-adept, and more likely to become involved in bullying

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Everyone is different, and everyone was raised differently. If you and your husband notice arising problems or hope to prevent future problems regarding your different parenting styles, then keep on reading. Here, we will discuss the 4 different parenting styles and what to do if you and your husband's personal styles conflict.