Rebecca Thinks It Is Best to Be Friends with Your

question 14

Multiple Choice

Rebecca thinks it is best to be friends with your children. She allows her children to do whatever they want and set their own rules. Rebecca is using which kind of parenting style?

• A) authoritarian
• B) authoritative
• C) permissive
• D) neglectful

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