Parenting Styles Being a parent can be one of the most difficult jobs a person will ever have. It may be especially challenging when the child is in their adolescent years. Most parents want their children to become independent, productive and able to cope with the world. The older methods of parenting do not work in today's society. Teenagers, like everyone else, want to be treated with respect and seen as individuals with there own …showed first 75 words of 1077 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1077 total…important a responsibility to leave to chance and needs to correctly done. I agree that authoritative parenting offers the best chance for the adolescent to develop correctly and be able to handle the daily struggles of life. Roberts and Steinberg (1999) "suspect that teens excel in most areas of their lives when they simply feel that they come from a loving home with responsive parents, regardless of whether they perceive other shortcomings in their parents" (p.12).