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[quote=Anonymous]My sister has a very authoritarian parenting style. Very strict, harsh, rigid. In contrast, our parenting style is a bit more relaxed. Certainly not permissive or gentle by any means, but we are definitely not parenting by injecting fear into the relationship, expecting our child to be completely submissive. My parents parented that way and to this day, I feel like that's why we don't have a super close relationship. It was hard for me to make the switch from a tension filled childhood environment to a close one as an adult.

We have high expectations of our child, while she is not perfect (no kid is) she is very well behaved overall. We've never had a complaint about her from any adult in her life - we generally get glowing feedback on her behavior.

My sister has recently made it very known that she disapproves of our parenting style and claims my child's behavior is atrocious. The most egregious examples she can point to are a couple instances of slight back talk. I am dreading family events going forward as I know we are being judged and critiqued. How would you handle this going forward?[/quote]

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