Parenting Quiz
Both parents should answer the following questions individually. Circle the number that best describes your behavior.
Questions:
How often do you and your spouse lay the same rules out for your child?
1.Seldom
2.Often
3.All the time
How often does your child go to one parent over the other to get what he/she wants?
1.Seldom
2.Often
3.All the time
How often do you and your spouse agree on what the consequence should be for a negative behavior?
1.Seldom
2.Often
3.All the time
How often do you find yourself arguing with your partner in front of your children?
1.Seldom
2.Often
3.All the time
Score Yourself
Rating yourself will help prioritize your strategies. If you scored mostly one’s then you are doing pretty well in this area. If you had mostly two’s then work on implementing a few of the practices in this chapter. If “All the time” was the predominate answer, then start utilizing the strategies from this website and take the quiz in another month and see if your behaviors have changed.
