Ursula loves her children and spends a lot of time with them. However, she is not good at setting or enforcing rules, so her children frequently do whatever they want. Ursla's parenting style would be described as ______________

A) authoritarian
B) authoritative
C) indulgent-permissive
D) indifferent-uninvolved


Answer: C
Rationale: Parents who practice indulgent-permissive parenting are warm but indifferent and do not attempt to control their children, even in positive and helpful ways.

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