In permissive parenting, guardians are more like friends of the child and not a disciplinary figure. Permissive parenting involves avoiding confrontation and showing leniency as the key to success. Imagine a trip to the grocery store. You're walking on the cereal isle and you approach a kid screaming because he wants his favorite marshmallow-filled cereal, instead of a healthier choice. Responding to the child's wishes in order to appease them, rather than asserting themselves and making a healthier choice, is a perfect example of this. A second contrast between permissive parenting concerns educational expectations. We have seen that in authoritarian parenting, an A plus grade is expected. The difference between parenting methods would be that a B minus would bring praise in a permissive household. It's similar to how I was raised. When I was a kid, my siblings and I had to get good grades, but that didn't translate into an A plus on every test. Our academic results were to be considered excellent and worthy of praise, even if we got a B on an exam. Looking back, if we got a C in a class, we might expect some sort of restriction and forced remedial training in that area. Permissive parenting is a style of parenting that creates lower expectations and lenient rules for children. This parenting technique that embraces fun and friendship between caregiver and child is believed to foster a positive environment for the child to succeed.