What's Your Parenting Style?

My children will appreciate this when they're older. :) I found this sort of personality test for parenting styles at parenting.com and it is VERY accurate for me. Here are my results:

Setting Expectations:
Active Whether you're an earth mother or a PTA president (or both!), you're very concerned with setting specific expectations for your kids' behavior. You do this both by telling them what to do and acting as a role model, and, in general, you expect them to follow your careful guidance. As a parent, you think you should be very actively involved in fostering your children's growth, which includes determining what activities they should engage in – sports, tutoring, music, chores, art, yoga, whatever. When it comes to everything from family meals to manners and morals, you know what's best.

Who’s the Boss?

One-Way When it comes to setting rules and expectations with your kids, you're the grownup and you know what's best. And since this is the case, it's not really necessary to always explain the logic or rationale behind your rules and expectations. You're also scrupulously fair: you do your best to apply your standards equally to each child. Parents who take this approach believe that it's important for parents to make decisions for their kids and that, generally, rules and expectations shouldn't be open to discussion.

Tolerance Continuum:

No Monkey Business No doubt about it: You're strict! In your opinion, kids need to be told what to do and how to do it. The approach you take to discipline is firm and direct. That's what's best for your kids, since being firm helps them understand who the boss is, and helps them respect and obey the important rules you establish. When your kids step out of line, you make sure there's an appropriate punishment - not that you enjoy punishing them, and you try never to be too harsh (or too lenient, for that matter). Parents who answered like you indicate that sometimes, spanking is an appropriate form of discipline.

So, what are you're results? Hurry...go take the test and tell me what your results are and if it was accurate for you.
http://www.parenting.com/Mom/signalPatterns.jsp?genID=6#__topDiv


Also, I wanted to share something that was encouraging to me. Parenting has a blog, and this week, they are sharing excerpts from an interview with the Duggars. Now, I don't know what you think of this family. Personally, I think they're crazy, but have somehow raised a ton of kids that seem healthy and happy and caring, so more power to them... Anyway, the article today was especially encouraging to me, so I thought I'd share it with you. You can find this specific article here. This is the part that was a particular light-bulb moment for me:

Michelle: I remember the days Jim Bob would come in, the house was a wreck, dinner might not be on the table, and I hadn't caught up with the laundry or the dishes. I would meet him at the door and say, "I haven't gotten anything done, I don't think! Except that I've been dealing with their little hearts. They were arguing, and one was fussing over this. And I was trying to correct that and make sure they were being sweet to each other and this, that and the other." And he would say, "Michelle, don't worry about it." And he'd give me a big hug, and he'd walk through and kick the toys out of the way and say, "If you were dealing with their hearts, you dealt with the most important thing today. Whether dinner's on the table, we can open up a can or pull something out of the freezer."

Just do the next right thing... Hope it's encouraging to you too!