In This Culture, Parenting Tends to Be Lenient and Permissive

Essay

In this culture, parenting tends to be lenient and permissive for the first few years. Then, after age five, these parents begin to expect respect, obedience, self-control, and self-discipline from their children. The parents also tend to act as teachers who encourage hard work, moral behavior, and achievement as well as setting aside one's own desires when the greater good of the family is at stake. This type of parenting is most often shown by the __________-American culture.