Being a parents is the toughest job you'll ever love!I know that I love being a Mom however i also know how tough it really is. I am comforted in understanding that I'm not alone challenged by this role (certainly each parent I've ever talked to has questions and concerns) and I'm always seeking more details to help me be described as a better parent.One concept that basically helped me define my own parenting style involves identifying both key factors that impact parenting style -- they are simply the level of control and also the level of warmth associated with your relationship with your child.Control refers in order to how much power you exercise over your child's behavior. Have you got strict rules your child is predicted to obey? How will you respond to disobedience?Warmth does not mean the power of your love for your child but rather what it is demonstrated. Do you frequently (at several points during the day) show your love to your child through kisses and cuddles, time spent in a joint activity, and words of love and praise?Your parenting style is then reflected by combining these two factors together to form one of four parenting types:~ High Control - High Warmth~ Low Control - High Warmth~ High Control - Low Warmth~ Low Control - Low WarmthObviously this is oversimplified as parents don't fall 100 percent into any category and certainly circumstances and events alter what sort of parent reacts. As an example, I would consider we both high control but there is certainly an alternative in the level of control we exert. Also, where we have been and what we are doing impacts the amount of control which i exert. I have a certain expectation of behavior at church, as an example, and am a little less rigid when visiting friends. In the home, if I have work to complete then I am pretty strict about behavior however, if it is play time i then relax the guidelines a bit.Similarly, I might rate both my husband and I as high warmth but we demonstrate that warmth ve
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