Impact of parents on their child’s behavior have long been the interest of many developmental psychologists. However, finding the reason for the children changing behavior is very difficult as they tend to behave very different during their growth. Through intense research, intensive types of four parenting styles have been differentiated to identity the growth patterns of the children.

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Authoritarian parenting is one style where the children are expected to follow the strict rules and regulations made by their parents. If the children fail to follow the rules, then they would be severely punished. In this style, reasoning for rules are not clearly explained by parents and they want their children to follow their orders without any questions.

Authoritative parenting is another style, but much more similar to authoritarian style. Here, parents establish strict rules and guidelines for their children to follow. However, unlike authoritarian, these parents always tend to listen to their children questions. Also, if the children break the rules, these parents tend to be more of forgiving than punishing.

Permissive style or indulgent style parents have only few expectations from their children. These parents tend to control their children very rarely. This type of parents are very communicative and nurturing to their children.

Finally, uninvolved style parents also have very few demands and they are non-communicative and do not have any response over the children. Though these parents sometimes fulfill the needs of the children, they always tend to detach from their child’s life and never care much about them.