Parenting Style Quiz: What's Your Parenting Style?

1. Do you believe that threats and a raised voice prevent unwanted behavior?

Always

Sometimes

Never

2. At the dinner table:

My child eats his or her food - period.

My child gets whatever he wants to eat.

My child gets what he gets and can choose to eat it or not.

3. I let appropriate consequences teach lessons.

Always

Sometimes

Never

4. I do not discipline my child.

Always

Sometimes

Never

5. Spanking is an acceptable form of discipline.

Always

Sometimes

Never

6. A fight has broken out between your children. You:

Ask, beg and plead for them to stop.

Tell them they can continue to argue outside and that they can come in when they've resolved the argument.

Threaten to punish them if they don't stop - right NOW.

7. Do you issue orders to your child rather than explain boundaries?

Always

Sometimes

Never

8. Do you handle everything for your child, allowing them to do as they please?

Always

Sometimes

Never

9. Do you and your child work as a team?

Always

Sometimes

Never

10. Do you allow your child's problems to be his or her problems?

Always

Sometimes

Never

11. When your child is faced with a challenge or problem, do you allow them to handle it, offering assistance only when asked?

Always

Sometimes

Never

12. Is your relationship with your child a co-creative partnership?

Always

Sometimes

Never

13. Are you constantly telling your child how to behave?

Always

Sometimes

Never

14. When it comes to how your child behaves, is it "your way of the highway?"

Always

Sometimes

Never

15. Do you order or command your child to do what you want them to do?

Always

Sometimes

Never

16. Are you a firm believer in punishments as opposed to consequences?

Always

Sometimes

Never

17. Do you tell your kids what to do instead of letting make their own decisions?

Always

Sometimes

Never

18. Do you give in to your child's tantrums?

Always

Sometimes

Never

19. Do you make any and all sacrifices to keep your child happy/quiet?

Always

Sometimes

Never

20. Are you so absorbed in doing what your child wants that you sacrifice your well-being?

Always

Sometimes

Never

21. Do you feel you need to protect or rescue your child from the world?

Always

Sometimes

Never

22. Do you believe it is important for a child to be responsible for his or her actions and choices?

Always

Sometimes

Never

23. Do you let your child make his or her own decisions?

Always

Sometimes

Never

24. Cleaning up after my child is my responsibility.

Always

Sometimes

Never

25. Do you let your child make mistakes and learn their own lessons, refraining from interfering?

Always

Sometimes

Never