Generally Speaking, Permissive Parents

question 83

Multiple Choice

Generally speaking, permissive parents

• A) impose few rules and do not supervise closely.
• B) tend to have greater numbers of children than other types of parents.
• C) are more likely to use power assertion as a parenting strategy.
• D) are more permissive with first-born children than later-born children.

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Definitions:

Marginal Tax Rate

The rate at which the next dollar of taxable income is taxed, indicating the impact of each additional dollar of income on taxes owed.

Additional Income

Extra earnings obtained beyond the regular sources of income or revenue.

Proportional Tax

A tax whose burden is the same proportion of income for all households.

Regressive Tax

A tax whose burden, expressed as a percentage of income, falls as income increases.