The Variations in Parenting We See Across Ethnicities in the United

question 74

Multiple Choice

The variations in parenting we see across ethnicities in the United States supports the conclusion that _____ .

• A) authoritative parenting is the most effective parenting style
• B) parenting that is too coercive and/or controlling to work well for European Americans is quite adaptive for children of other ethnicities
• C) different patterns of parenting are adaptive for people living in different ecological niches
• D) parenting that is too coercive and/or controlling to work well for European Americans is quite adaptive for children of other ethnicities and differentpatterns of parenting are adaptive for people living in different ecological niches
• E) none of these

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