How To Know If You Are Being Too Strict Or Too Permissive With Your Children

How do I know if I'm being too strict or too permissive with my children?

If a parent worries if they're being too strict or too permissive, number one I suggest they take a parenting class; two they can say to their children "I want to know if you think I'm too strict, I want to know if you think I'm too permissive." See what they say, listen, receptively listen, and see what they say. Also one of the ways you can tell if you're being too strict and too permissive is that when one is being too strict, it means too authoritarian; the child's not being consulted enough, you're not working with the child. If you are being too permissive, your child has an expectation that is unrealistic; that they ought to have whatever they want whenever they want it. This is inappropriate.