What types of parenting can be identified from this essay?Please explain why you chose these types of parenting. (a fewsentences on each type of parenting.) According to Baumrind (2005),there are four identified styles of parenting: authoritarian,authoritative, permissive, and neglectful.

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I didn't grow up in a horrible environment, but I didn't grow ina household filled with love and support that I so desired from myparents, especially my mother.  I grew up in a two-parenthousehold with fighting and arguing was the everydaynorm.  Communication and education were not essential oremployed by neither my parents nor my grandparents. My mother wasthe head of the family; she called all the shots; my father went towork every day, he had two jobs for most of my upbringing. Istruggled with a relationship with my mother, growing up. I was notclose to her and still struggle to gain a more intimaterelationship with her. My mother style of communication anddisciplinary tactics was very unkind and harsh.   

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I didn't grow up in a horrible environment, but I didn't grow ina household filled with love and support that I so desired from myparents, especially my mother.  I grew up in a two-parenthousehold with fighting and arguing was the everydaynorm.  Communication and education were not essential oremployed by neither my parents nor my grandparents. My mother wasthe head of the family; she called all the shots; my father went towork every day, he had two jobs for most of my upbringing. Istruggled with a relationship with my mother, growing up. I was notclose to her and still struggle to gain a more intimaterelationship with her. My mother style of communication anddisciplinary tactics was very unkind and harsh.

I had a very close relationship with my father, I lost my fatherto cancer seven years ago, and I still deal with thepain.  I had such a special bond with my daddy; he was mysupport system and my best friend, and my entire world. Both of myparents never received their diploma and only completed the 11thgrade, my grandparent on both sides couldn't read or write. Growingup in my family circumstances, I didn't want children, not becauseI felt like I couldn't be a good mother, but I thought I didn'thave an excellent example on how to be a mother that \"I\" wanted tobe toward my children if I were to have any. My mother would tellme how her childhood was and it wasn't pleasant for her, she onlyparented the way she knew how too.  

My goal was to graduate high school and go off to college andmake something of myself, but that didn't happen to me right away,God had a different plan. My mother had nine siblings, my fatherhad seven siblings, and my parents had four children. Education wasnot important to my parents, as long as we (my siblings and I)didn't get any trouble in school my parents never came to schoolfor any reason to support their children in any capacity: sports,teacher conferences, meet and greets nothing... In the 12th grade,when most kids were looking at colleges, my parents told me thatthey couldn't afford to send me to college and I wasn't able toattend college like most of my friends.  

After graduation, I found a stable job and two years aftergraduating I had my first child. When I found out I was pregnant, Iwas scared and frightened, I had no idea about being a mother. Theday I gave birth to my daughter, the nurse handed me this 7lb, 1ozscreaming baby and I looked at her as I was crying and I whisperedto her that I love you and I will tell you every day I love you andI will donwhat's best at becoming a good mom.

From that day forward, I supported my daughter in everything shedid. I raised my daughter as a single mother, I dealt with many andI mean many life struggles but my focus each day was my daughter. Iattended every; pom-pom try-out, pep rally, soccer practices andgames, six years of dance recitals, performances, gymnastic events,my daughter was able to look in any stand, sideline and knew I wasthere cheering her on.

I embedded in my daughter's head early on; college was her onlyoption and to follow her dreams. I wanted to be an example for mychildren who encouraged me to enroll in college a few years ago andwill be graduating in December of 2018. In my daughter's 12th gradeyear, she applied to several colleges and was accepted to all hercolleges. The day she graduated high school with honors that was myproudest moment as a parent. Last year, when she graduated fromFrostburg State University with a dual degree was the next proudestmoment as a parent. I did this as a single mother, and she thanksme every day and always working to make me proud of her, and Iam.

I believe communicating and supporting my daughter and now myson shaped my relationship with each of my children. I love talkingand listening to what my children has to say and what's on theirmind. No matter how tired, sick, frustrated and what life strugglefor the day brings me, my children never will fill not supported,or not loved. I make my mission to ask my children every day \"Howwas your day?\" and I tell them every morning and night that \"I loveyou.\" I am dedicated and determined to break my family's cycle, andI broke the cycle...