The 4 Main Parenting Styles: How to Find Common Ground With Your Partner
Fourth Trimester Podcast Episode 179: The 4 Main Parenting Styles: How to Find Common Ground With Your Partner
Most parenting falls into one of four main parenting styles. Do you know what your parenting style is? If you have a partner, is their parenting style the same as yours? You might agree on wanting happy, healthy children, but disagree on how to achieve that shared goal.
Discover the four main parenting styles, how your own upbringing shapes your instincts, and the conversations that can help you turn disagreements into a shared plan. You’ll learn practical questions to ask before conflict hits, how to set boundaries together, and ways to find common ground without needing to agree on every detail.
Dr. Shoshana Bennett is a perinatal psychologist, author, and longtime Fourth Trimester guest. She brings a no-shame approach to helping parents examine familiar patterns, separate shared values from tactics, and build a plan they can revisit and repair.
Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D.
“It helps to figure out what your styles are. The goal is to come to as much common ground as you can and then stick to it.”
Dr. Shoshana Bennett
What You Will Learn
The difference between authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved parenting
How your own upbringing shapes your parenting instincts
Questions to ask before a difficult parenting moment
How to separate shared values from the tactics you use in the moment
Why consistency and repair matter more than identical parenting
The content provided in this article(s) is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical or other professional advice. Neither Sarah Trott nor Fourth Trimester Media Group LLC are liable for claims arising from the use of or reliance on information contained in this article.
