When Dustin Asked His Mother If He Could Spend the Night

Multiple Choice

When Dustin asked his mother if he could spend the night at a friend's house on a Thursday night, his mother told him, "No, because that's a school night and you'd be tired at school the next day. Would you like to ask your friend to spend the night at our house on Friday?" Dustin's mother appears to take an ________ approach to parenting.

A) indulgent-permissive
B) indifferent-uninvolved
C) authoritative
D) authoritarian