1. Authoritative Parenting

HIGH DEMANDINGNESS. HIGH RESPONSIVENSS.
Authoritative parents have high expectations for achievement and maturity, but they are also warm and responsive​3​.

VERSUS

These parents set rules and enforce boundaries by having open discussion, providing guidance and using reasoning.

These parents provide their kids with reasoning and explanation for their action. Explanations allow children to have a sense of awareness and teach kids about values, morals, and goals.

Their disciplinary methods are confrontive​4​, i.e. reasoned, negotiable, outcome-oriented, and concerning with regulating behaviors


Authoritative parents are affectionate and supportive. They provide their children with autonomy and encourage independence.


2. Authoritarian Parenting

HIGH DEMANDINGNESS. LOW REPONSIVENESS.
High levels of parental control and low levels of responsiveness are the two characteristics of authoritarian parents.

Although authoritarian parenting and authoritative parenting styles have similar names, they have several important differences in parenting belief, demand and approach.

While both parental styles demand high standards, authoritarian parents demand blind obedience using reasons such as “because I said so“. They only allow one way communication through rules and orders. Any attempts to reason with them are seen as backtalk.