| Authoritarian Parenting Style | Results A Child Feels |
|---|---|
| Ordering, directing, commanding | Controlled, powerless, helpless, discouraged, incompetent, resentful, disrespected, rebellious |
| Warning, admonishing, threatening, forcing | Afraid, threatened, forced, discouraged, resentful, insecure, disrespected, rebellious |
| Exhorting, moralizing, preaching | Preached to, bad, wrong, guilty, inferior, inadequate, unworthy |
| Advising, suggesting, solving | Controlled, incompetent, underestimated, un-trusted |
| Lecturing, “Dr. Spock-ing” | Judged, criticized, unaccepted, resentful, inferior |
| Invalidated, misunderstood, alone, tuned-out, uncared for | Labeled, misunderstood, different, unaccepted |
| Name-calling, labeling, ridiculing, mocking | Ridiculed, mocked, offended, insulted, disrespected |
| Shaming, blaming, judging, criticizing, disagreeing | Shamed, blamed, guilty, bad, inadequate, insecure, defensive |
| “Praising,” “agreeing” | Confused, skeptical, resentful, offended, insulted |
| “Reassuring,” sympathizing, “consoling,” “supporting” | Minimized, weak, helpless, victimized, invalidated, disrespected, discounted |
| Interrogating | Probed, questioned, interrogated, un-trusted, doubted, tested, attacked, defensive |
| Withdrawing, “trusting” | Misunderstood, unimportant, invalidated, confused, unsupported |
| Distracting, humoring, diverting | Distracted, diverted, invalidated, repressed, denied, minimized, disrespected, confused |
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