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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Dent. 2015 Jan-Feb;37(1):59–64.

Table 1.

DESCRIPTION OF PARENTING STYLES

Parenting style Description
Authoritative High parental responsiveness and high parental demand; warmth and involvement, reasoning/induction, demographic participation
Authoritarian Low parental responsiveness but high parental demand; clear parental authority, unquestioning obedience and punitive strategies
Permissive High parental responsiveness but low parental demand; tolerance, general acceptance of child’s decisions and tendencies to ignore child’s misbehavior
Neglecting Low parental responsiveness and low parental demand