Fiona’s parents expect her to get good grades and get along with her siblings, and when she breaks the rules she has to go into time out. When she has trouble with homework, her parents help her understand the concepts but still expect her to do the work. She has to be ready for bed at a certain time, and arguing about bedtime doesn’t work. Her parents always give her hugs and tell her they love her before she goes to bed. Fiona’s parents have a(n) ________ parenting style.A) authoritativeB) authoritarianC) indulgentD) neglecting

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.

Indulgent parents are warm and involved with their kids but they don't really expect much from them, therefore there is no authority.

Finally, neglecting parenting refers to a type of parenting that is cold and distant but also they don't expect much from their children so, basically, these children lack attention.

In the example we see that Fiona's parents expect her to get good grades and there is a bedtime established (therefore, there are rules), they use time out (consequences when she breaks the rules) and they also give her hugs and tell her they love her (warm style of nurturing), therefore, since there is authority but there is also a warm style of nurturing, we can say that Fiona's parents have a authoritative parenting style.