Authoritative Parenting Authoritarian Parenting Indulgent Parenting Indifferent Parenting

More responsible, More dependent, Conforming to peers Often impulsive

Self-assured, Passive Involved in delinquent
Adaptive, Less mature, behavior
Curious, Less socially adept, Less able to assume
Socially skilled, Self assured, positions of leadership Preconscious
Successful in Intellectually More irresponsible experiment with sex,
school curious drugs, alcohol

Children of authoritative
family
Responsible
Self-directed
Curious

Self-assured elicit from

their parent warmth,
flexible verbal give and
take
Relation between Parental Practices and Adolescent Psychosocial Development