Tami explains some of the rules of the household to her son Louis, age 3, and when Louis breaks the rules, she reminds him gently of the rule. When he continues to violate the rule about cleaning up his toys, she shrugs and says to herself that he might be too young to understand. So she cleans up the toys herself. The parenting style that best fits her is

a. authoritarian.
b. authoritative.
c. permissive.
d. disengaged.

Answer: c. permissive

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