One is what she refers to as the Jellyfish family, where anything goes. The other is the Brick wall family, where there's a rule for everything. And the third is the Backbone family that works the best because it mixes flexibility with limit setting.
Mistakes are for learning.
And within himself, he's developing a backbone for his own moral sense of what's right, what's wrong. If you find that you are unhappy with your own parenting style don't be afraid to change. Coloroso says that when it comes to improving our parenting skills, you can always teach an old parent new tricks. If you are still alive and kicking and your kid is still alive and kicking, it's never too late to change what you're doing in your parenting style. Fortunately there are many good books and courses available for parents, which is good because Coloroso says these are some of the best ways to discover new approaches to raising kids.