Parenting styles focus on how a parent acts or reacts toward their child. Your style as a parent includes expectations, beliefs, and values ​​that surround how you support and punish your children. Each parenting style plays an important role in early childhood development. An authoritative parenting style results in a more desirable developmental state. Authoritative and permissive parenting styles leave less to be desired when it comes to child development. The authoritarian parenting style sets rules and guidelines that they expect their children to follow. Authoritative parents are responsive to their children and questions are encouraged. A more encouraging and lenient approach is practiced, as opposed to the path of punishment. Baumrind suggests that these parents “monitor and impose clear standards regarding their children’s conduct. They are assertive, but not intrusive or restrictive. Their disciplinary methods are encouraging rather than punitive. They want their children to be assertive and socially responsible, and “self-regulated and cooperative” (1991). Authoritative parenting style consists of strict rules. Rules are set in the hopes that children will follow them. If these rules are not respected, the child receives punishment without explanation. According to Baumrind, authoritarian parents "are obedience and status oriented, and expect their commands to be obeyed without explanation" (1991). Passive parenting style rarely disciplines their children because they have low expectations for maturity and self-control. According to Baumrind, permissive parents “are more reactive than demanding. They are non-traditional and lenient, do not require mature behavior...... middle of paper ... departed Medical Center (The Child Study Center) well-adjusted children, especially in terms of social competence (Gurian), have parents who practice an authoritarian parenting style. Authoritative parents are able to enforce rules and regulations, with emotional responsiveness and respect for their child's independence. The overly strict authoritarian parent expects their children not to question their authority and leaves little room for freedom of expression. In contrast, the permissive parent has few expectations or demands, but therefore allows for the development of self-expression. children tend to rely on voices of authority and lack spontaneity, while permissive children may have difficulty controlling their impulses and be reluctant to accept responsibility..