Parents aspire to raise successful children, but how do they get there? Carol Lloyd, editor of Great Schools and mother of two, explained: “Nearly 50 years of research has shown that some parenting styles are more effective than others and produce much better outcomes for children.” Carol Lloyd used a strict parenting style with her daughter and has good effect. Carol Lloyd uses the so-called authoritarian parenting style. In the article “How My Illiterate Grandmother Raised an Educated Black Man,” Terrell Jermaine Starr explains how his grandmother raised him to have a successful career by being strict but loving. Starr's grandmother exhibits the characteristics of an authoritarian parenting style because of the way she treated her grandson. There are two types of parenting styles that parents use to support their children in their lives. Authoritarian and authoritarian are two parenting styles that clearly determine the development of children, but the authoritarian style most often leads to a successful life. Since children are born, their parents already have an idea of ​​how they will teach their children to succeed. Authoritative parenting style occurs when parents enforce strict rules and high expectations without being affectionate. On the other hand, authoritarian parenting style is where parents allow their children to know their standards, limits, independence and the behavior they should exhibit. These two parenting styles have common ways of teaching their children to behave, but the difference is that authoritarian parents do not show much affection towards their children and authoritarian parents show affection towards their children. Authoritative parenting style affects children's development..... .middle of paper ......full of life. According to researchers, “authoritative parents are both very responsive and very demanding (Maccabi and Martin 1983). This is the classic definition of authoritarian parenting style. Additionally, using this definition, researchers identified authoritative parents across the world. used in our society and they are an authoritative and authoritarian parenting style. The most effective parenting style that can ensure children's success in their lives is the authoritative parenting style. It's the best because these parents provide direction, limits, consequences, rewards. and they show affection unlike authoritarian parents who do not show affection.