The four styles of parenting correspond to a balance of love and limits. Love and limits are terms that describe a parents discipline orientation.
All parents incorporate both love and limits in their style of parenting.
It is the balance of love and limits that determine a parents particular style. Only the democratic or balanced parenting style have both high love and high limits. In addition, each style has strengths and weaknesses inherent in them and are learned from the important parental figures in our lives. These figures are usually our own parents. They also use attachment and their bond with their child to teach right from wrong.