My parents used an authoritative style of parenting. They were always supportive of me and always seemed to know when to get involved and when to leave me alone. I was seldom punished. What would happen instead was that my dad would scream at me for something bad that I have done and tell me how I would be punished. However, my dad would then apologize and say that I was not punished. My parents were very similar in parenting styles, but my mom would think that my father was too soft on me. For example, when I was 6 I opened my car door while my dad was driving our family in a parking lot. My dad stopped the car, yelled at me to close the door, and then preceded to scream at me about how irresponsible I was. I started to cry and my dad told
