Mr and Mrs

Mr. and Mrs. Baca are Mexican-American parents who have not assimilated to U.S. culture. What child-rearing behaviors will they most likely use?

A) They will expect immediate obedience and use very controlling strategies to enforce their rules.
B) Mrs. Baca will use a combination of parental warmth and loose control, while Mr. Baca will be uninvolved.
C) They will use high parental warmth paired with strict, even somewhat harsh, control.
D) They will use authoritative child rearing with their oldest child, who will then be responsible for raising his or her siblings in a similar fashion.