Diana Baumrind categorized parenting styles into three primary types based on demandingness and responsiveness, which are:

Topic: Developmental Psychology
Subtopic: Parenting Styles

AAuthoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive

BDemocratic, Autocratic, and Laissez-faire

CSecure, Avoidant, and Anxious

DPre-conventional, Conventional, and Post-conventional

Explanation

Baumrind identified Authoritative (high control, high warmth), Authoritarian (high control, low warmth), and Permissive (low control, high warmth).

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