What parent styles should I avoid?

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  1. Dr. Michele Borba
     
    Dr. Michele Borba answered:

    The Seven Deadly parenting styles to be avoided are:

    Deadly Parenting Style 1: Helicopter Parenting
    Hovering over your kids, hurrying to smooth every one of life’s bumps.

    Deadly Parenting Style 2: Incubator “Hothouse” Parenting
    Pushing your kids into learning earlier than appropriate for their cognitive age and developmental level.

    Deadly Parenting Style 3: (Quick-Fix) Band-Aid Parenting
    Relying on fast solutions to temporarily fix a problem, instead of aiming for real, lasting change.

    Deadly Parenting Style 4: Buddy Parenting
    Placing popularity with your child above establishing limits, boundaries or saying no.

    Deadly Parenting Style 5: Accessory Parenting
    Measuring your worth and success as a parent based on your child’s accolades.

    Deadly Parenting Style 6: Paranoid Parenting
    Obsessively keeping your child safe from any physical or psychological harm.

    Deadly Parenting Style 7: Secondary Parenting
    Relinquishing your influence such that your children’s world is controlled more by outsiders-including corporations, marketers and the media.

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