Parenting Shadow: Authoritarian or Authoritative?

Send us Fan Mail As a parent I have been questioning my own parenting style. As we enter the world of meeting new friendships down here, I often wonder "Am I to strict". I watch my kids and how they act over others in our life. I watch how others parent and I often leave wondering and judging my own parenting. Everyone tells me, "Your children are so well behaved" but is that due to me being too strict while others in our life have the motto "kids will be kids" and the kids are hyperact...