Parents Are More Severe with Older Children and Are More

Parents are more severe with older children and are more critical of the mistakes they make. What is one factor that accounts for this change in parental standards?

A) Parents all over the world believe that children are less responsible at this age.
B) Parents all over the world believe that children are less capable at this age.
C) The strategies that parents adopt to influence their children's behaviors change as children's competence increases.
D) The strategies that parents adopt to influence their children's behaviors stay the same as children's competence increases.