Parents tend to adopt one of four different parenting styles. In reflecting on your own development, consider the parenting styles used by your parents or caregivers. In particular:

• Identify the parenting style(s) used by your parent(s) or caregiver(s). What was the most effective? What was the least effective?
• Do you think you will use the same parenting styles your parent(s) used when you have children of your own? Why or why not?
• Do you think there are other parenting styles not identified by Baumrind? In your childhood, did you observe any of the racial/ethnic differences in parenting styles recently identified by researchers?