What do you feel that your parenting style is?

I tried doing one of those non-discipline AP days in my home, specifically with my eldest, who is 6. When he didn't make his bed, brush his teeth, and get dressed in time for school, I didn't do my usual drill sergeant routine (going in the bathroom and MAKING him brush by my timing, hovering over him with a threat to disconnect his video games until his bed is made...you get the point) instead, I just let him do what he wanted to do.





So, he went to school with yuckmouth, bed remained unmade, and he was late for the bus because he wanted to pussyfoot and without my guidance and firmness, that's exactly what he did, and so he was late and his room was a mess. I tried this on the strength of all the AP mess I read up here, and I did it for an entire day.





When he came home, I asked how his day was and we did homework. He had a coloring sheet, and my son left his crayons out. I asked him once to pick them up. He picked up most of them and left some. I asked him again. Now he was in his room playing Xbox. Usually, failure to obey and pick up behind yourself results in loss of games and priveledges in our home. However, I did the AP thing and gave him a 6 minute time out. My son did pick up the crayons, but on the time-out, all my son asked was ';after this, can I finish playing my game?'; It was a joke to him.





Results of my experiment? Different strokes, for different folk. I'll be sticking to MY parenting style, where adults run the house and enforce rules and standards for the child to accept and meet. Appropriate consequences follow breaking the rules, as they do in life as an adult. No bunny fluff up in here. Don't see how they do it and remain sane.What do you feel that your parenting style is?
I am mum first and foremost.. My role is to guide and train my child to cope with the world and be the best he can be. Set a good example and teach him to respect those around him and himself. Style is irrelevantWhat do you feel that your parenting style is?
Authoritative with love and openness.





My kids know the rules are there for their protection. They can tell me anything. Telling me something before I find out is alway the best policy here.





Am I successful? I think so. Are there better methods out there? Probably, but I use the one that works for me.
My parenting style is authoratative.