Earlier in the evening 8-year-old James refused to eat his dinner. Now it's almost midnight on a school night. James is eating a third bowl of ice cream and tells his mother, I'm not ready to go to bed yet. I want to watch more TV. James's mother says, OK, honey, I'll watch with you for a while. Which one of the following parenting styles is James's mom displaying?
a. permissive
b. uninvolved
c. authoritative
d. authoritarian
Question 2
Five-year-old Stephanie lives with her mother and her mother's boyfriend Frank. Several times a week, Frank fondles Stephanie in his lap while he smokes marijuana and watches pornographic movies. This situation is an example of:
a. Both physical and sexual abuse
b. Both emotional and sexual abuse
c. Poor judgment on Frank's part, but not illegal behavior
d. Not overly troubling because Stephanie will understand and remember little of what she experiences
James Lovelock
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