Meredith's 5-year-old friends at the playground are running around from the rides to the slides, but meredith's mother has told her she had to stay on the swings and not move elsewhere in the playground. when meredith complains that the other children are allowed to play where they want, her mother tells her to stay on the swings "because i said so." this is an example of parenting. a. involvedb. authoritarianc. permissived. authoritative

Authoritarian

Explanation:

There are 4 different styles of parenting:

Both Authoritative and authoritarian styles of parenting focus on authority, this means that they set rules and expect their children to follow the rules.

However, the authoritarian parenting is a cold style of parenting which doesn't allow for questions from the kids ("because I say so") so there is a one directional style of communication. These parents focus on punishing the wrong behavior and they believe in total control and lack of independence from their children.

Authoritative parents are nurturing so they are warmer than the Authoritarian parents, they allow children to ask why so they explain limits by reasoning with their kids, they also focus on teaching the right behaviors rather than punishing the wrong ones and when there are wrong behaviors they focus on consequences rather than on punishments.

Permissive parents think "kids will be kids" so they tend to be very forgiving when it comes to rules and they don't usually set consequences, but, when they do, they don't really stick to them.

There is not really a type of parenting called "involved" parenting but rather an uninvolved parenting. Uninvolved parents are cold and distant but also they don't expect much from their children so, basically, their children lack attention, and we can say they are neglected.

In the example, Meredith's mother told her to stay on the swings, when she complains about this situation her mother says "because I said so", therefore, this is an example of authoritarian parents where there are rules but they cannot be questioned or changed and the parents don't give explanations to the kids. Meredith's mother doesn't explain why she doesn't want her to move to other part of the playground but says "because I say so".

Thus, this is an example of authoritarian parenting.

if im not mistaken its a. collective emotional arousal