my parents both have different parenting styles. my mum , ''KIDS FIRST NO MATTER WHAT'' type, spoon feed me and my other 3 siblings , overprotective, although im no longer a little kid but she doesn't seem to be letting go of me, still restricts my freedom and so on. im the eldest among 4 of us. and i can see that she is trying to let go but still being very overprotective :/ cool mum tho, she loves IT so we usually get iPods and Alienwares for christmas ) on the other hand, my dad is the '' i care but i dont wana show it'' type. he acts like he doesn't care but ends up stalking / spying on us behind our back. maybe its his ego? haha. whenever we say i love you he will just nod. his the typical not so strict type. he doesn't use violence on us ever before. he prefer talking and understanding us and explain our mistake and all. my mum would just jump to conclusions and blame :/ i love my parents alot i feel a mixture of 2 types of parent is a good idea