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[quote=Anonymous]Why are you so defensive?!

The PP merely said that this limited list of styles is not a great conversation starter - that's why it's research and not the latest issue of US Weekly. If I come to interview for a family and ask them which of these styles mostly resembles their own, pretty much every single family would say they're authoritive, because clearly that is the most effective and positive style of parenting. I am now working for a mother who would absolutely classify herself as authoritive when in reality she is a dictionary definition of permissive.

These styles are a good tool for a nanny to see if she would be able to work well with a family, and a good tool for introspective parents to judge their parenting, but it's not something that can be used as a 'hey I'm Jane, are you a neglectful or an authoritarian type of parent' ice-breaker. The only way to find out which style of parenting a family practices is by observation (once you've been hired) or through clever questions at the interview stage (which is what the PP suggested).

No one is disputing you that these styles are well defined and exist - so take a chill pill.[/quote]

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