During lecture 12, we discussed child development and more specifically child-rearing practices. Child development has a lot to do with parental guidance and influence. We learned that there are 3 main types of parenting styles: permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian. Permissive parenting is when a parent is submits to their child’s demands and needs. In this case, the child is usually not disciplined much and basically wears the pants in the relationship with his or her parents. For example, a permissive parent would be one to give in and buy the child something that is unnecessary with no argument. Authoritative parenting is the most common in todays day. This is when a parent is demanding but is still responsive to their children. They are able to see both sides of the situation and discipline when absolutely necessary. Lastly, there is authoritarian which is the most extreme type of parenting. This type of parenting comes with many rules and they expect obedience from their child. These types of parents are extremely strict and expect a lot from their kids, they see only their vision and demand their ways from the child. Luckily, my parents are not the authoritarian type, yet I’ve dealt with this type of parenting from a middle school friend whose parents were extremely strict. It was 7thgrade and I was meeting a bunch of new people who were also starting middle school. I became really good friends with a girl, and we decided we wanted to hang out. So, one day I went over to her house and by the end of the hangout, I was basically terrified of her parents, especially her mom. Automatically, there were many snappy comments towards my friend, which was her mom’s way of reinforcing the house rules. A vivid memory that I have from the hangout was when we were hanging in my friends room and out of the blue her mom reminded her that she hasn’t yet cleaned the kitchen or emptied the dish washer. I didn’t think much of it, but after my friend asked if she could do her chore after I left, the situation exploded. Her mom became furious very quickly, and there was no exception, the kitchen was being cleaned now. This was just one of the multiple situations that took place, but this one was a major shock to me because that was not how situations were handled in my house growing up. Her mom always expected a lot from her and expected it to be perfect. It was uncomfortable to see that her mom had no problem showing her authoritarian side to a new friend. Today, I am still friends with the same girl, and I now realize that her personality, which is a perfectionist who needs everything extremely organized 24/7, was most likely created by her authoritarian mom, who always needed everything to be done her way and in order all the time. This situation was definitely an odd, but good, eye opener for me because I was able to realize that every child is brought up differently, and parenting has a major impact on how the child grows up to be like.