This document discusses four common parenting styles: uninvolved, permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative. It describes each style based on two dimensions - the level of acceptance (warmth and responsiveness) and level of control (expectations and demands placed on children). The uninvolved parent is low on both, the permissive parent is high on acceptance but low on control, the authoritarian parent is low on acceptance but high on control, and the authoritative parent scores high on both acceptance and control. The effects of each parenting style and variations along the acceptance/control dimensions are also briefly touched on.