Your Parenting Rules Will Reveal How Nice or Toxic Your Personality Is

At what age do you feel it is appropriate for your kids to be on social media?

• Starting at 11

• Starting at 10

• When they prove to me they are ready.

• Starting at 12

• Starting at 13

• Never!

At what age do you begin allowing your child to stay home alone?

• 14

• Whenever I can't find a babysitter

• 16

• 12

At what age would you allow your child to date?

• Once they move out

• When they are interested in it

• It depends on how mature they act and if I feel they are ready for it

• Beginning in high school

Would you allow your child to play video games before doing their homework?

• If they are doing well in school then they can be trusted to schedule their own homework time

• No

• Homework time is scheduled for a certain time every day

• Yes

When your child has friends over, do you require them to leave their bedroom door open?

• If they've proven they can be trusted

• Yes

• They are not allowed to have either friends or closed doors

• No

Until what age do you put parental locks on your streaming services or television?

• 10

• I never do this

• 14

• 12

How do you respond if your child gets a low grade in school?

• Ground them

• Start doing their homework for them

• Yell at them

• Speak with them about why they got a low grade and then determine a strategy to do better

You enrolled your child in sports, but they later express wanting to take part in a school play instead. How do you respond?

• Insist that they continue with doing sports

• Encourage them to play sports but let them do the play if they wish

• Support my child as they pursue their interests

• See if there is a way that they can do both

Your child dyes their hair a wild color and starts dressing in bizarre fashion. How do you respond?

• Get rid of their weird clothing

• Support my child if that is how they choose to express themselves

• Dye my own hair a weird color to show I'm cool too

• Show my disapproval

You just caught your child smoking, vaping, drinking underage, or something similar. How do you respond?

• Ground them and/or take their phone away

• Stop my child from seeing the kids they've been hanging out with

• Yell at them

• Use it as a "teachable moment" and calmly explain why these things are bad for them

Do you monitor your child's social media, phone, text messages etc.?

• Sometimes

• Only if I suspect them of something

• Yes, this is for their own good

• No

Do you prevent your child from listening to music that may have explicit lyrics?

• No

• Only if the lyrics are really bad

• Yes

• I talk to my child about what the lyrics mean

Would you ever put a tracking device on your child or track their phone?

• No, but I'd put one on my spouse

• No

• Yes, until they move out

• Yes, until they are of a certain age

Would you let your child see an R-rated movie before they turn 17?

• Yes, but I would talk with them about it after

• Sure!

• No

• I would watch it with them

Would you allow your child to hang out with another child if you haven't met that child's parents?

• Unsure

• No

• Yes

• If the child seems responsible