Are You A Strict Parent Quiz

1. What is your bedtime for your 9 year old on a school night?

7 pm so that your child gets all of their beauty sleep.

10 pm

No bedtime at all

8:30 pm on the dot.

2. Will your kids be allowed electronics before 12?

Yes, but a screentime will be implemented so that the child does not rot their brain away at a screen at such a young age.

Yes of course they can have one when they are 5

Yes they can have an electronic if I feel they are mature enough.

No, they cannot have an electronic because it will destroy their childhood

3. Your child comes home with a D on a report card how do you react.

You have a talk with them on why they received a D. You implement stricter rules on studying time and ground them for a couple of days. You also look into tutoring.

You spank them for getting a bad grade and ground them until the next report card comes out and the grade is improved.

You have a talk with them on why they received a D. You don't punish your kid or implement strict rules but you do look into a tutor so that they don't get another D

You do nothing about it as it is just a letter.

4. You get an email home that your kid has been causing problems and misbehaving in class.

You spank your kid to make sure it doesn't happen again and make them apologize to the teacher at school. You ground them until the semester ends.

You have a conversation with your kid on why they were disrespecting the teacher. You don't punish your kid but threaten to ground them if you receive another email.

You tell them to remember to behave in class the next day but do nothing further.

You have a conversation with your kid on why they were misbehaving, You ground your kid for a week because you don't tolerate disrespect and make them say sorry.

5. Can your child curse in the house?

They can curse just not at me.

No, they will not be able to curse but I will not be too mad if they do as long as it is not at me.

Of course they can even curse at me.

Absolutely not it's against the Bible. If I hear my child curse i'll wash their mouth with soap.

6. Will your child get Christmas gifts?

Yes, they can something to read and maybe some equipment for their sports.

Anything they want unless it is not affordable.

Yes, but only 5 gifts.

Anything they want!

7. You ask your child twice to take out the trash and they don't come downstairs.

You yell at them to get downstairs NOW! and slap them for disobeying because you have zero tolerance for any slip ups.

You go up to their room and tell them sternly to go downstairs without yelling. You don't ground them or spank them however as perhaps they may not have heard you and that is a bit extreme.

You call them again perhaps they didn't hear you.

You take the trash out yourself they are probably too busy playing Xbox.

8. Your child is friends with someone you think is a bad influence.

It's okay you don't care who your child befriends.

You try to get to know the kid and his parents. If you still have a bad feeling after that then you ask your kid to stop being friends with him.

You make your child drop the friend immediately.

You don't worry too much unless you notice your child's behavior start to change

9. Your child decides they don't want to do any sports. How do you react?

You are understanding about it, but make them do some type of extracurricular activity instead.

You force him anyways as you are the parent and you get the final decision.

It's his life his decision

If my child does not want to do a sport he does not have to however I would prefer you do some sort of extracurricular activity, but it is up to you.

10. Say your child has a phone what is a good screentime

No screentime as long as they are getting their work done in school.

No screen at all on the weekdays unless necessary for school. 1 to 3 hours on weekends no uplifting whatsoever.

Why would they need a screentime?

No screens at all during the week and 30 minutes on the weekends.

11. What are your 12 year old kids chores?

Taking out the trash, cleaning the kitchen and their rooms, and cleaning the backyard.

Cleaning their room

No chores

Every single chore in the house.

12. What happens if your kid does not do his chores?

He will get a warning the first time then he will get grounded if the behavior continues for a second time. He will be ungrounded when all chores are consistently completed for days in a row.

He will be grounded immediately without warning. I have a very strict zero tolerance on this and my child knows it.

Nothing happens I won't give him chores.

I will ignore the behavior for a couple of days. If it becomes a pattern I will have a talk with him about it, but wont punish him.

13. You walk into your child's room and it is a mess.

You politely ask them to clean it up before the day ends.

You tell them to clean up their room and ground them until the room is fully clean. You then check the room to make sure it's clean and then unground them.

You yell at your child loudly for letting their room get to this point. You ground them for 2 weeks and threaten to spank them if the room gets dirty like that again.

You clean up their room for them.

14. How often can your kids drink soda?

Anytime they want

Only on their birthday or Christmas

Only on weekends

No more than One a day

15. On a scale of 1-10 how strict of a parent do you think you'll be based off these answers.

1

2-5

6-8

9-10