1. I don’t control my teen.







2. I would describe myself as somewhat uninvolved.







3. I don’t trust the decisions my teen makes.







4. My teen has had problems in truancy and delinquency.







5. I set limits on my teen’s behavior.







6. I can be impulsive in my decision making.







7. My teen is often bratty.







8. My teen does not have any restraints on him/her.







9. I trust that my teen can make good choices.







10. People describe me as a strict parent.







11. I have clear standards for behavior.







12. People are always picking on my teen.







13. I have to tell my teen what to do all the time.







14. I attempt to understand my teen’s feelings.







15. My teen is confident and independent.







16. I am a very understanding parent.







17. I provide for my teen’s basic needs.







18. My teen doesn’t have any friends.







19. I am honest with my teen.







20. I take care of my own social and emotional needs.







21. I believe that most teens should be spanked.







22. I let my teen choose what he wants to do.







23. Rules are made by parents without discussion.







24. My teen often provides for himself/herself.







25. I am very involved with my teen.







26. People describe me as being lenient.







27. I am often focused on my own needs.







28. Rules are self-explanatory.







29. My teen’s emotions aren’t very important.







30. My teenager has run away.







31. I am very protective of my teen.







32. I am very involved, but I don’t try to control my teen.







33. My teen has been described as mature beyond their years.







34. My teen is defiant.







35. I am consistent with parenting.







36. I am aware of my teen’s emotional and social needs.







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Parents Train Up | How to Use this Assessment

The goal of this parenting assessment is to determine your parenting style. With this assessment, you will learn which parenting tasks are more dominant and may need to be decreased and which tasks are weaker and may need to increase. Additionally, you will receive useful parenting strategies that will help you to become a more balanced parent. If you have more than one teen, you likely raise each one differently. Feel free to take the assessment multiple times, as you consider each teen.

pick one of your teens if you have more than one. Take the test again for the other teen(s)