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How can you tell if a parent is controlling?

Let's explore different ways controller parents present [Courtesy, Freepik]

There are three types of parenting styles; authoritative, authoritarian and neglectful. Authoritative parents maintain a healthy power dynamic with the child; they nurture, protect and correct.

Neglectful parents are often absent; physically and emotionally. Often a drug addict or a workaholic. The Authoritarian is the controller. He is an autocrat, a dictator and a tyrant.

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