Let me start off by saying I don't have kids. but there have been many different discussions on kids and I see many differentiating (sp?) opinions. so when i say this article on yahoo i thought id share and ask which parenting style are you? I think I would be the authoritative kind.. that's what I feel my mom was.

http://www.andersoncooper.com/2012/06/21/the-most-controversial-parenting-methods#attachment_parentinghttp://www.andersoncooper.com/2012/06/21/the-most-controversial-parenting-methods#attachment_parenting 

I am the authoritative kind. Some people call it the drill sgt. method. When I tell my kids to do something I expect it to be done. That does not mean that I rule every second they are alive. We have rules and they are set in stone with clear punishment if the rules are broken. However my kids still have the freedom to make choices and do what ever they want with in those limits. If they push the envelope (as kids will do) they get to live with the result of those actions be it good or bad results. I think it teaches them respect and self control. 

I haven't read the article yet (I have one foot out the door); but, I cam tell you that I cater my methods to the individual child. My kids are all polar opposites. I am far more lenient with my middle child who is very, for a lack of better words, adult-like in his nature; my oldest, on the other hand, is a little hellion (joking). I'll come back to this later. :) 

I am a bit of authoritative/cry it out and that works for my home. 

Read and watched it through: authoritative; attachment during the early years.


Side note: I love me some Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler! c: 

I consider myself as an authoritative parent. I am not my childrens friend, I am their parent. 

^^

That's funny, my kids respect my authority, but they all call me their besty. 

My parents are my best friends! Their kids think I am the cool mom! We get compliments from other parents and teachers about how my children are very polite and respectful. I believe it is because we have certain expectations of them. They also have consequences for their actions. I also let them have fun and be kids without hovering over their every move. 

Only time will tell, but I'll probably be authoritative because my parents were and now they're my best friends. I would love to have that same relationship with my kids.
My husband might be more on the lenient side,though,for a couple of reasons. First, his parents were,to the point where they let him and his brother basically raise themselves. Now they're both stuck in various branches of the military because neither went to school and they have nothing to fall back on. It's all uphill from here.
You might think this would cause my husband to try to be the polar opposite, but I don't think he will be because I think he'll let the guilt of his work taking him away from the family really get to him. Between regular work and deployments, he says he doesn't want to spend what little time he does have at home disciplining. I understand that,I just hope it doesn't turn into a good cop/bad cop situation.


But honestly, who knows? Maybe I'll come back to this thread in a few years and laugh at my past self.