Which Parenting Inconsistency Is the WORST for Children's Well-Being

question 146

Multiple Choice

Which parenting inconsistency is the WORST for children's well-being?

• A) Mom is strict, and dad is permissive (or vice versa).
• B) The parents' household rules unpredictably change.
• C) Parents are strict in certain areas and permissive in others.
• D) Each inconsistency is equally bad for children.

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Definitions:

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient voices thoughts as they occur, without critical filtering, to uncover unconscious processes.

Repressed Memory Recovery

The process of recalling memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to being associated with a high level of stress or trauma.

Reaction Formation

In psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism that keeps an anxiety-producing impulse or thought in check by producing its opposite.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that consists of the conscience and the individual’s system of internalized rules of conduct, or morality.