Creates a climate of fairness, equality, respect, and reason. He makes it safe to express dissent. Child feels that his social world is safe, reasonable, and appealing. He can prepare himself for democratic living as an adult. Authoritarian Parent demands absolute and unquestioned obedience.
Home is run like a military installation.
Power and might make right. Children may be polite, but shy and timid with evidence of nervous tension. Conforming children cannot solve their own problems always look others for direction. Rebellious children may resort to evasive maneuvers of lying and stealing. Child may wait until adolescence to rebel.