What kind of mother are you?

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What kind of mother are you? What is your parenting style like? I am a spiritual mother. I don't really follow any set parenting formulas. I just follow my gut and try to use God's guidance in my parenting decisions. We do like Dr. Sears quite a bit and his ideas have been very helpful to us but we don't agree with all of his ideas and generally turn to some of his stuff when we are out of ideas of our own. I am the kind of Mom who does the hippie nursing, babywearing, making your own babyfood stuff. We also don't spank and try not to yell. At the same time, I'm not paranoid about germs and like to see my son go out and have a good time. We are strict in terms of our rules in our household, so while we respect our son and his contributions to the family, we are still the parents. Oh, I also believe that parents hold the primary responsibility for the education of children. We don't like the public schools where we live, so if we can't find an affordable private school, we will be homeschooling. Anyway, I always like to hear about people's parenting styles, as different things work for different families. What works for your family?