permissive parents
1permissive parents — parents who allow their children a great deal of freedom and rarely set limits on their behavior …
2permissive — [[t]pə(r)mɪ̱sɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED A permissive person, society, or way of behaving allows or tolerates things which other people disapprove of. The call for law and order replaced the permissive tolerance of the 1960s... Single parents are more… …
3permissive — per|mis|sive [pəˈmısıv US pər ] adj not strict, and allowing behaviour that many other people would disapprove of ▪ parents who are too permissive ▪ a permissive society >permissiveness n [U] ▪ permissiveness in education …
4permissive — adjective allowing behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, that many other people disapprove of: parents who are too permissive | the permissive society of the s permissiveness noun (U): permissiveness in education permissively adverb …
5permissive — adjective our parents were far less permissive than we are Syn: liberal, broad minded, open minded, free, free and easy, easygoing, live and let live, latitudinarian, laissez faire, libertarian, tolerant, forbearing, indulgent, lenient;… …
6Parenting styles — A parenting style is a psychological construct representing standard strategies that parents use in their child rearing. There are many differing theories and opinions on the best ways to rear children, as well as differing levels of time and… …
7permissif — permissif, ive [ pɛrmisif, iv ] adj. • 1970; de l angl. permissive « qui permet » ♦ Caractérisé par l absence d interdiction, de sanctions. Attitude, société permissive. Parents trop permissifs. ● permissif, permissive adjectif (de permis) Qui… …
8Diana Baumrind — Diana Blumberg Baumrind circa 1965. Born August 23, 1927 …
9per|mis´sive|ness — per|mis|sive «puhr MIHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not forbidding; tending to permit; allowing: »a permissive attitude, permissive parents. Not a positive, but a permissive command (Henry More). A discussion of pragmatism was naturally… …
10per|mis´sive|ly — per|mis|sive «puhr MIHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not forbidding; tending to permit; allowing: »a permissive attitude, permissive parents. Not a positive, but a permissive command (Henry More). A discussion of pragmatism was naturally… …