If your child’s friend wears ankle length skirts in summer, is not allowed to cut her hair, and addresses her mother as “Mommie Dearest,” you might be dealing with authoritarian parents. These parents are controlling and lack warmth. Alert code: Orange. You knew preacher’s kids in school, right? This is the time for strict but loving control. And reading every text message you can find.

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