AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Permissive (Too Soft): this parenting style is characterized by low demandingness with high responsiveness. The permissive parent is overly responsive to the child’s demands, seldom enforcing consistent rules. The “spoiled” child often has permissive parents.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is the parent who is afraid to set limits on children or believes a child has to be true to his or her own nature. Permissive parents are not demanding. Kids do not have many responsibilities and are allowed to regulate their behavior and the majority of their choices.

Detailed explanation-3: -Uninvolved Parenting Uninvolved parents are low on control and demandingness, and also low on responsiveness and warmth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four main parenting styles-permissive, authoritative, neglectful and authoritarian-used in child psychology today are based on the work of Diana Baumrind, a developmental psychologist, and Stanford researchers Eleanor Maccoby and John Martin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Authoritarian parenting is demanding but not responsive. Permissive parenting is responsive but not demanding. And uninvolved parenting is neither demanding nor responsive.