What is your Parenting Style?

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Quiz Questions

1.
You have friends over dinner and serve ice cream for dessert. Once your toddler has finished her ice cream, she starts reaching for your friend’s unfinished dessert and cries. Your friend says, “That’s fine. I was almost finished.” What do you do?
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- A.
  Serve your child some more of her OWN ice cream: “I see you want more but we don’t eat off other people’s plates.”
- B.
  Tell your friend: “I appreciate your kindness but she’s had enough."
- C.
  Take your child out of her high chair and to her room for time out.
- D.
  Try to explain to your child over the dinner table that it’s not okay to eat off of other people’s plates and ask them to “PLEASE stop crying.”
2.
While playing with your toddler, she smacks you right in the face and is now laughing. What do you do?
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- A.
  Raise your voice and say “HEY! Don’t do that!”
- B.
  Remain calm and tell her, "Our hands aren't for hurting. Please use your words if you'd like to get my attention." and then quickly move on.
- C.
  Just ignore her. She's probably just doing it for attention anyway.
- D.
  Hit her back. We’ll see how she likes it.
- E.
  Laugh along with her. I don't need to get upset at every little thing and that was pretty funny.
3.
Your child just brought home their report card and it is NOT good. What do you do?
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- A.
  It’s those darned video games! Take them away until the grades go up.
- B.
  Incentivize them and tell them that if they get straight As, you will buy them a new toy.
- C.
  It’s probably your fault. Find out if there’s something going on at home that’s causing your child to act up at school.
- D.
  Work together with your child to create a plan to improve study habits and strictly enforce the rules.
- E.
  Just move on. Grades aren't important any ways.
4.
You are doing your shopping and pass by the sugar cereal. Your child asks if you can get some, but your family has decided to eat more healthy food so you say, "No." Your child starts stomping and screaming. What do you do?
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- A.
  Wait there in the cereal aisle and distract yourself with your phone until your child stops crying.
- B.
  Tell your child “If you stay calm while we're shopping, you can pick out a piece of candy before we leave.”
- C.
  Leave your cart and take your child out of the store to find somewhere to calm down.
- D.
  Tell them sternly “Stop crying! If you don’t calm down right now, we are NOT going to your friend's birthday party this afternoon!”
- E.
  Allow them to feel upset and go on with your shopping.
5.
You have an hour to yourself. What do you do?
- A.
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  Solo Starbucks run!
- B.
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  It's nap time!
- C.
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  It's exercise time!
- D.
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  Dive into a good book
- E.
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  Catch up on the housework
6.
Your child had a fight with her brother and you’ve told her to give her brother space. But she refuses. What do you do?
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- A.
  Grab her by the arm and take her to her room. She needs to be separated from her brother.
- B.
  Try to explain that giving her brother space will help her calm down and ask her to please go now.
- C.
  Get down on her level and say “I see you need my help. I think you guys need some space and a snack. Let's go in the kitchen and get dinner started."
- D.
  Tell her “If you don’t give your brother space RIGHT NOW, there will be no TV for a week!
- E.
  Throw up your hands and move on. No sense in getting frustrated by it.
7.
You see your toddler playing with a pen and, not wanting pen all over your couch, swoop in to take it away. When you do, he screams. What do you do?
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- A.
  Give it back. The lid is on and he’s not going to do any damage.
- B.
  Scream right back in his face. You’re so tired of this.
- C.
  Tell him firmly, “No! We don’t scream.”
- D.
  Just walk away and go back to whatever you were doing.
- E.
  Say, "I know you really wanted the pen. Here's a safer toy you can play with if you'd like."
8.
Your 6-year-old child has a playdate and won't share his new toy with his friend. What do you do?
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- A.
  Tell him he has to take turns or you will take the toy away for a week.
- B.
  Ask to speak with him privately and explain that it's best to put his toy away if he's not ready to take turns.
- C.
  Say “Who wants ice cream?” No sense in letting this play date go down hill.
- D.
  Let the kids figure it out. He's 6 and needs to learn how to deal with conflict on his own.
9.
You are at the park with your child and need to get home to get dinner started. You've give them a 5 minute heads up. When you tell your child this, she says “I don’t WANNA go home.” What do you do?
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- A.
  Say, "I know this is disappointing. It would be amazing to stay here and play all day but it's time to make dinner. Would you like to walk to the car on your own two feet or would you like me to carry you?"
- B.
  Tell your child “If you don't listen right now, you're not getting dessert!"
- C.
  You feel bad - She's having so much fun with her friends. Say, "Fine, 5 more minutes!"
- D.
  Walk away in frustration + make a mental note to never come back to the park with them again.
10.
It's Saturday morning and you'd like the kids to help out with cleaning before you let them have some screen time. When you let them know it's time to clean up their toys, they start to whine and promise to clean after screen time. What do you do?
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  Say, "That's it! No screen time today at all. We don't whine!"
- B.
  Ask why they don't want to clean and try to convince them that cleaning is fun.
- C.
  Hold firm to your limits and say, "After you clean up, then we can watch screens."
- D.
  Walk away in frustration. You can't make them clean up if they don't want to.

Quiz Outcomes

1.
Your Style is "Let's be friends!"
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2.
Your Style is "It's my way or the highway!"
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3.
Your Style is "Let's talk about this..."
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4.
Your Style is "See ya!"
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