1. People describe me as being lenient.







2. I don’t control my teen.







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







4. I am a very understanding parent.







5. People describe me as a strict parent.







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







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







8. Rules are made by parents without discussion.







9. I am often focused on my own needs.







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







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







12. My teen is often bratty.







13. My teen is confident and independent.







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







15. I believe that most teens should be spanked.







16. My teen is defiant.







17. I am very protective of my teen.







18. My teenager has run away.







19. Rules are self-explanatory.







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







21. I am consistent with parenting.







22. I can be impulsive in my decision making.







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







24. My teen doesn’t have any friends.







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







26. I would describe myself as somewhat uninvolved.







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







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







29. I have clear standards for behavior.







30. My teen often provides for himself/herself.







31. People are always picking on my teen.







32. I am very involved with my teen.







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







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







35. I am honest with my teen.







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







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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)