Which Type Of Parent Are You?

1. Your son hits another child at baseball practice. You would...

Get mad, and tell him that he is a terrible person, and tell the other boy to hit him back.

Tell him that it is not right to hit people, make him apologize, and take away a privilige if this is a repeat offense.

Ignore it and just let them either play or fight.

2. Your son and his friends have made a big mess in your playroom and now want to go play outside. You would...

Yell at them, and make them clean it up.

Let them go out and play and you clean it up.

Help them clean up by making a game out of who can pick up the most toys

3. If your pre-teen daughter wants to rent an R rated movie that her friends have all watched, you would...

Get angry, and now don't let her watch any movies.

Let her rent the movie.

Help her select a more age approprite movie, or talk to the other parents and see what they would do and if it is alright to watch.

4. Your daughter is putting off going to bed because she says that she wants something to eat, and you...

Get mad and make her go to bed hungry.

Let her eat whatever she wants.

Let her have a nutritious snack, but tell her that she will have to start eating more at dinner so that she isn't hungry at bedtime.

5. When your kids do their chores you...

Get mad, yell and make them clean it right away.

Do them yourself.

Give them a helpful reminder and tell them they need to take responsibility and should get it done before they can go out and play.

6. When your childd takes a tantrum you...

Get mad , and send them to their rooms.

Give in to get them to stop whining.

Don't give in, and after discuss with them how their are better ways to show their fustration.

7. Your children get in trouble and you react by...

Yelling, and or spanking.

Ignore it.

Ask them what they did, why they did it and if they understand that it is wrong and go over other ways to deal with the situation so they don't get in trouble again.

8. When grocery shopping your child says they want a toy.

Get mad and tell him he can't have any new toys.

Buy it so that he doesn't have a tantrum.

Tell him no, but explain that you will bring him back to buy it when he saves enough of his allowance.

9. If your preschool age daughter wakes you up for having a bad dream how would you react?

Get mad at her for waking you up and tell her to go back to bed and that you will talk to her about it in the morning.

Let her go back to sleep wherever she wants.

Comfort her and help her go back to sleep once she calms down.

10. The main idea of parenting and disicpling is...

Get you kids to listen to you no matter what.

Make sure everyone is happy and is always getting what they want.

Teach your children why your rules are important and help them learn to make good choices on their own.