In The Class Castle by Jeanette Walls, Rex and Rosemary Walls’ parenting style is permissive because they allow a considerable amount of self – regulation and have low expectations of maturity (Cherry, “The Four Styles of Parenting”). Rex and Rosemary believe that children should learn and make their own mistakes which made the children incredibly independent. “Lori, Brian, and I even Maureen, could go pretty much anywhere and do just about anything we wanted” (59). Rex and Rosemary never disciplined their children and had no expectation of maturity. “Mom was upfront, spinning like a top and letting pieces of chalk fly from her hand” (74). Since they did not expect the kids to be mature they themselves, specifically Rosemary showed little to
