There are many different approaches to caring for and educating children. In our opinion as authors, being a parent or a primary caregiver to a child is one of the most challenging jobs one can have.

Parenting Style Types:

• Authoritative
• Authoritarian
• Permissive
• Uninvolved

6.9.1 Cultural and Social Factors

“Terrible twos” are not universal. The term is misleading because toddlers are not terrible by any means. The term is best describing the adult experience in understanding and guiding a child rather than the child displaying qualities that are inherently bad.

Cultural and social expectations fuel the expectations parents have for themselves as well as their children. A working parent may have less patience if they are feeling overwhelmed or stressed out. Parents who are able to achieve a work life balance are less stressed and therefore less likely to have conflict with their children (Molina, 2021).