1. I believe that most teens should be spanked.







2. I am consistent with parenting.







3. People are always picking on my teen.







4. I would describe myself as somewhat uninvolved.







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







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







7. My teen is often bratty.







8. My teen is confident and independent.







9. My teen often provides for himself/herself.







10. People describe me as a strict parent.







11. I can be impulsive in my decision making.







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







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







14. My teen is defiant.







15. My teen doesn’t have any friends.







16. I am a very understanding parent.







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







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







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







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







21. Rules are self-explanatory.







22. People describe me as being lenient.







23. I am honest with my teen.







24. I am very involved with my teen.







25. My teenager has run away.







26. I have clear standards for behavior.







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







28. Rules are made by parents without discussion.







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







30. I don’t control my teen.







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







32. I am often focused on my own needs.







33. I am very protective of my teen.







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







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







36. I take care of my own social and emotional 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)