On a scale from 1 to 10 , how strict were/are your parents? (babysit, method)

[jamary1]

Probably a 4 for me (the first).
Definitely a 1.5 for my younger sibs (I think they were tired....)


On the whole, they were pretty "free range" in their parenting. It worked. We all turned out just fine.

[GiGi603]

3

We were taught manners and life skills. My sister and I grew up to be responsible adults.

[Cleveland_Collector]

Dad: 7

Mom: 2


They were both mostly fair, but my dad did tend to overreact a bit (his mom was pretty intense). They taught us what we needed to know, stressed the importance of education, and instilled the most important attributes of being a decent human - fairness, empathy, work ethic, etc.

[Larry Caldwell]

My parents were not strict, they were nuts. I liked to read science fiction, and if they found one of my books they would burn it.

[chrisCD]

Mine were about a 4.


My wife and I were about a 8 for the older and 5 for the younger. So far, they have basically turned out similar. We have 6 children.

[chicagoliz]

Probably a 2 or 3. And that's what I am with my kids.

[Hemlock140]

My father was 10+, mother about 4. That eventually led to their divorce after 9 kids and 20+ years.

[whogo]

3

[pekemom]

Not overly strict, fair. My one brother and I were obedient children anyway, my other brother got into more trouble, but nothing serious, nothing involving the police.....I'm not sure what number that would be.......we had a good childhood.

[kettlepot]

My parents had a lot of kids. For the older ones, it was probably 6 or a 7. Teen siblings had curfews for dates, and I remember a brouhaha about the length of my oldest brother's hair in the late 60s.

As a younger child, my bedtimes were later than what my older siblings had at that age. If I was in the neighborhood, I didn't tell them where I was going. With me, I would say their strictness started out as a 3 and slid towards a 1 or a 0 in my last two years of high school. By then, my parents weren't home for large stretches of time. I had free rein, and got away with a few escapades, but mostly I just didn't do bad things.