How you communicate, set boundaries, and respond to your child’s behavior helps shape the choices they make. That’s why understanding your parenting style, and how it affects your child’s decisions, can be a powerful tool in preventing underage substance use.
What Style of Parent Are You?
Scan the QR code to take the Parenting Styles Quiz. Parents rely on certain strategies for raising children. Do any of the parenting styles below seem familiar to you?
AUTHORITARIAN | Parent gives orders; “my way or the highway.”
OVERPROTECTIVE | Parent stays in control; parent intercedes so child does not face consequences of actions.
PERMISSIVE | Parent gives in; “kids will be kids.”
POSITIVE | Parent uses their authority to strengthen and protect (not control) the child. They build trust and teach decision-making skills.
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