Guidance and Discipline Assignment 4
Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer
before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless
otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to
use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited
in APA format. Your response should be 3 pages in length; refer to
the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
Good parenting and good teaching have something in common.
They both aim for loving our children well. Is that a walk in the
park all the time? Of course not. If it were, we wouldn’t need
courses like this to help us through. The questions you now need
to ask yourself are:
What type of parent or teacher would you want to be?
How would you best communicate?
How would you discipline?
Part A
Identify a television show or movie for each of the following:
one that depicts an authoritarian style of parenting
one that depicts an authoritative style of parenting
one that depicts a permissive style of parenting