The 5 Styles of Parenting

20 Responses to “The 5 Styles of Parenting”

1. Dude from Germany on February 18th, 2009 4:53 am

   Awesome, love the chickens expression in the last panel.

   Greetings from Germany!

2. momz on February 18th, 2009 5:14 am

   Then there is a blend of all five…psychoparenting…the most popular of all.

3. Emma B on February 18th, 2009 5:32 am

   Brilliant! Love that one!

4. Erica Gieras on February 18th, 2009 6:27 am

   wow I didn’t know there was a name for my style of parenting. Evil Cyborg has a nice ring to it

5. Leo Petr on February 18th, 2009 7:02 am

   Crafty Pirate: Arr, this child be fetchin many gold dubloons on the buccaneer market.

6. lindylu on February 18th, 2009 7:31 am

   I tried all 5 styles of parenting. I prefer the wishy-washy style. But if you think I should try something else, I could, I guess. Whatever…

7. Felicity on February 18th, 2009 8:21 am

   I’d like to see more of that robot chicken!

8. Luwano on February 18th, 2009 8:31 am

   Yay, a robot chicken! Woohoo!

   I’m with Felicity.

   &=^

9. Seraphine on February 18th, 2009 9:30 am

   mine was:
   go ahead honey.
   stick your finger
   in the light socket.

10. Mark on February 18th, 2009 9:48 am

    How did you come up with those other 4!

11. Mo on February 18th, 2009 10:49 am

    Doug - was having a grey day and you made me laugh. Thanks!

12. Boston Al on February 18th, 2009 10:56 am

    Love the Chicken Robot esp the crown, nice touch!

13. Aud on February 18th, 2009 12:31 pm

    XDXDXDXD….!! You’ve done it again, Doug; kudos!

    No pun intended, Felicity(that is, if you’ve ever seen Adult Swim).

14. Felicity on February 18th, 2009 6:06 pm

    Yes, I should have said “cyborg chicken” to avoid copyright infringement. I hope we see it again, regardless.

15. victor on February 18th, 2009 8:19 pm

    great!
    should do a five styles of friendship
    lol

16. Doug on February 18th, 2009 11:15 pm

    @Mark - this cartoon is based on a real theory of parenting styles by Diana Baumrind

17. Mark on February 19th, 2009 12:15 am

    Very cool to see where the spark of an idea came from. That would be interesting to see, some examples of how the ideas came to you, a la The PreHistory of The Far Side-10th Anniversary Exhibit, or you may have already done some things like that on here.

18. Zork on February 20th, 2009 1:40 pm

    Uninvolved is cheapest, and ultimately less traumatic than the cyborg route…but I do like to show up for bedtime stories

19. TChuck on February 22nd, 2009 3:15 pm

    There are days when I would opt for #5. Teenagers, UGH!

20. North on April 13th, 2009 7:44 am

    I guess that would explain my dads claws

    on the bright side, I cant wait to become a parent now so I can get cyborg implants too!

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