Is authoritarian parenting the best way of dealing our kids?

Hi Bebs, Authoritarian parenting is certainly not the best. Raise children with love, trust them and always be truthful with them. If you discuss issues with your children as they arise, and never lie to them, they will know that they can always come to you with problems, and you'll have no major problems. Blessings.

"not authoritative nor permissive. Just in the middle of both." You hit the proverbial nail on the head, that's exactly how I feel. There is a fine line between being a 'friend' to your child, and being permissive and letting them walk all over you, and many parents these days seem to cross way over onto the dark side. Result: no respect from child because they're a push-over There is a fine line between 'disciplining' your child and having rules and barriers, and stopping them from doing anything at all and having "power" rather than "authority". Just because the parent is the adult and has more life experience doesn't mean that they shouldn't listen to their children and parent accordingly, rather than deciding their stance and sticking with it even when it doesn't apply. Not so many parents take this route as the permissive, but it happens, and it's rarely pretty. Result: no respect from children because they aren't respected themselves. no-one wants to have no say in their own lives. So yes, find the happy medium. My parents did, and I think they did wonderfully. I've always known that I can talk to and trust them, and that we have a friendship beyond just being family, but I've also always known the lines that I can't cross and that there are consequences for bad actions and so on. We made the rules together, rather than across-the-board laws that don't always apply. I was respected, and thus I respect. =)

Hi. Bebs08. I don't think that authoritarian parenting is the best method to deal with children at all. It can make matters much worse than already are. This will build up resentment for children and they will a act more out of control. I think that being firm and loving will be the best way of dealing with children, instead of being so strict and demanding towards them.

As parents you should be authoritarian to some extent but friendly to the maximum extent. If you try to deal your kids with only authoritarian parenting, they may be ruined. On the other hand a friendly approach will help you to understand their problems as they will find it easy to express their problems as well as requirements to you and you will then be in a position to solve them more easily.