Determining Your Parenting Style Take a few moments to think
about your relationship with your child, and your life way back
in the dark ages when you were a child. Then answer the
following questions. Be honest, now. You don't have to show this
to anybody, nobody will ever know (unless you decide to blab).
This is between you and you: - What parenting styles did you
experience as a child? - How did your parents teach you to be
well behaved? - How did your parents discipline you? - Did they
always teach and correct you with anger? - How did they
encourage your independence? List three things your parents did
that you wouldn't mind repeating: List three things your parents
did that you will never, ever, not-even-when-the-cows-come-home
do to your children: Now think about your own parenting. - How
often do you criticize your child? - How often do you provide
specific, positive feedback? - In what ways do you show your
pride and enthusiasm? - In what ways are you instilling your
values, and your ethics? - Do yo