Sentence examples for a permissive parent from inspiring English sources

Spielberg's mother, Leah, who is always described as a free spirit, was a permissive parent.

Father and child do not agree in their appreciation of the parenting style: the son feels that his caring father failed to provide a secure guide into school and professional life, as he tends to describe a "permissive" parent, whereas his father thinks he was authoritarian.

Reassure them that you are not becoming a permissive parent, and offer examples of situations where you were successful.

By contrast, the children who perform worse (examples of Flori and Visar) experience a permissive parenting style at home.

A mother with a permissive parenting style can reinforce this unity by never saying yes to a child without first saying, "I'll talk to your dad see what he says and then we can discuss it as a family", because we know otherwise she'll just say, "yes".

Previous studies showed that an authoritative parenting style (characterized by setting clear limits to the child in a noncoercive manner) is associated with fewer behavioral problems in adolescents than a permissive parenting style (few efforts by the parents to direct and limit their child's behavior) or an authoritarian parenting style (coercive, harsh and punitive parenting) (5– 7).

Is it the fact that every disciplinary act would carry the threat of a child choosing the more permissive parent the next time around?

"Parents used to be authoritarian, but then we saw a change in the 1980's toward an overly permissive parenting style," she said.

The "permissive parent" consults with children about family decisions and makes few demands of them.

To examine the relation between preschoolers' eating behaviors and body mass index (BMI) z-scores (BMIz) and the moderating role of permissive parent feeding styles in these associations.

If the children do something wrong, the permissive parent may not punish them.