Low-Tech Methods of Sex Selection. Methods to up the odds of conceiving a boy or a girl are plentiful. If you search the web for gender selection you'll get multiple hits to articles, a book called How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, and several commercial web sites selling gender-preference kits.
Authoritarian parenting is a style characterized by high demands and low responsiveness. Parents with an authoritarian style have very high expectations of their children, yet provide very little in the way of feedback and nurturance. Mistakes tend to be punished harshly. When feedback does occur, it is often negative.
Sole custody - means the non-custodial parent does not have the authority to make decisions for the child. They may still have visitation (usually supervised) and may still pay support. Joint custody - both parents have equal power to make decisions for their kid, either together or separately.