Overview:

This parenting style believes in raising a child who can think for themselves. They want to give their child everything they didn’t have while they were growing up. A child in this family is given freedom to set their own rules and limitations.

Parent’s Characteristics:

• Total commitment to the child
• Avoids conflict and confrontation
• Worried the child will get mad and not forgive
• Rarely shows anger or negativity
• Ignores bad behavior
• Sets few rules and struggles at enforcing the ones they do set
• Models a positive, generous behavior
• Over-submissive to the child
• Cannot say “no” to the child
• Any behavior is accepted behavior
• Over-indulgent with gifts and rewards

Child’s Characteristics:

• High self-esteem
• Struggles with decision making skills
• Very Social
• Poor problem-solving skills
• Doesn't know what is expected of them
• Creative
• Does not conform to rules at daycare, school or in the workforce
• Demanding
• Throws temper tantrums
• Has no sense of responsibility or rights of others
• Knows no boundaries
• Aggressive

Results of this Parenting Style:

• A child with no life experience cannot be expected to make good choices or right decisions with no guidance

• When you give a child a hug and tell them you love them in the middle of the conflict, you confuse the message your giving the child

• When the child gets older, the parent has no power to gain control or change behavior if it is misguided

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