Joseph and Marilee have been married for 23 years, and have two teenage children. Marilee tends to employ a stricter authoritarian parenting style, while Joseph prefers a “softer” authoritative side. According to the research of Milevsky and colleagues (2007), what is the likely outcome of these different parenting styles??
a. ?Joseph’s authoritative parenting will offset the negative impacts of Marilee’s authoritarian parenting style.
b. ?Marilee’s authoritarian parenting style will have damaging effects on the children, despite Joseph’s authoritative style.
c. ?The older child is likely to develop negative outcomes due to the inconsistent parenting styles, but this will not be seen in the younger child.
d. ?The children are likely to develop very insecure attachments to both parents due to the inconsistencies in their parenting styles.
ANSWER:
a
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