Challenges faced by nontraditional categories of parents

1.Describe at least two challenges faced by nontraditional categories of parents including single parents,
teenage parents, older parents, minority parents, and gay and lesbian parents. Be able to discuss the multiple
influences on children’s development.
2.Describe types of parenting: Authoritarian, Permissive, and Authoritative Child Rearing.
3.Describe the Five Parenting Styles proposed by E. E. LeMasters and John DeFrain (Martyr, Pal, Police
Officer, Teacher-Counselor, and Athletic Coach.
Who, other than parents, are the major influences on children?