Question

When Dustin asked his mother if he could spend the night at a friend's house on a Thursday night, his mother told him, "No, because that's a school night and you'd be tired at school the next day. Would you like to ask your friend to spend the night at our house on Friday?" Dustin's mother appears to take a(n) __________ approach to parenting.(A) indulgent-permissive(B) indifferent-uninvolved(C) authoritative(D) authoritarian

Answer 1

Answer:

(C) authoritative

Explanation:

This is the approach where parenting involve the child in the process of decision making without being a dictator as a parent.

In this approach the parents listen to the children whilst making decisions that are of their best interest however the mutual understanding is established.

In this text we see Dustin mother thinking about his best interest without dictating it upon him but doing it in a way of discussing the best option with Dustin.