My Parents’ Philosophy My parents both were type-A parents from the beginning they both liked things their way. Often resulting in one parent just doing everything themselves, authoritarian is a style of parenting they tried to instill when I was younger, but quickly realized this would be like drilling even more holes into a sinking ship. When I was around five years old I saw a huge shift in my home, my dad became activated in the military and had to move to do his job. My mom hesitant to follow decided it would be best to remain where we were because there was no clue on to for how long he would be stationed in another state. After three months of taking care of 5 children by herself my mom called my dad with the house already sold and the information that we were coming to join him. Although my parents weren’t separated by choice their attitudes and parenting styles changed. I think both my parents knew something had to change in their marriage or it wasn’t going to work. When we started our lives in Colorado, my parents were both very different there was lot of love in the home now. My mom personally wasn’t so stressed and started to take her time to get to know each of her kids, individually, and fostered and catered to our needs specifically. My father although not around a lot still because of the military, was more involved in our lives when he was around. A separation that was forced mended our family and changed their parenting styles from authoritarian to
