The 4 Parenting Styles & Their Outcomes
Directions: As you examine the PDF chart, summarize each Parenting style below:
Parenting Style: Characteristics of Parent in
this Style:
Authoritative  Warm and Responsive
 Clear Rules
 High Expectation
 Supportive
 Value Independence
Authoritarian  Unresponsive
 Strict Rules
 High Expectation
 Expect Blind
Obedience
Permissive  Warm and Responsive
 Few or No Rules
 Indulgent
 Lenient
Neglectful  Cold and Unresponsive
Impact on Child Give an example of this
(Associated Outcome) Parenting Style:
(Make one up if you need to)
 Higher Academic Leigh Anne Tuohy from The
Performance Blind Side
 More Self-Esteem
 Better Social Skills
 Less Mental Illness
 Lower Delinquency
 Lower Academic Red Foreman from That 70's
Performance
Show
 Less Self-Esteem
 Poorer Social Skills
 Mental Illness
 Drug / Alcohol Abuse
 Delinquency
 Impulsive Behavior Frankie Heck from The Middle
 Egocentric
 Poorer Social Skills
 Problematic
Relationship
 Impulsive Behavior Chet Hunter from Boy Meets
 No Rules  Delinquency World
 Uninvolved  Drug or Alcohol Abuse
 Indifferent  Suicides