From the second Kate’s eggs are implanted into Angie, Kate’s authoritative parenting style emerges to ensure that …show more content…
Studies that were included general parenting and either weight status, dietary intake, and physical activity. The sample size of the studies ranged from 45 to 4000 and the age, gender, and ethnicity of the participants varied, though the majority came from North America. In total, there were 21 different instruments utilized to determine different parenting styles, including the “Child Rearing Practices Report” and the “Parenting Style Instrument.” Some of the studies were cross-sectional whereas others were …show more content…
Though the child was not actually born yet in the movie, Kate and Angie let their parenting style shine through as they were caring for the unborn fetus through Angie. Kate had a rather authoritative parenting style as she was very firm in what she expected Angie to do to care for the child and had a set of guidelines and steps to follow. Angie, on the other hand, was much more permissive in her style. As she was the one carrying the child, everything that she consumed affected the baby as well. Though one would expect her to be more responsible, Angie continued her wild ways of eating foods high in fat and sugar as well as smoking cigarettes. Clearly, she did not have much knowledge about creating a healthy