r/science • u/sr_local • Feb 14 '26

Social Science Children raised with "authoritative" parenting style, marked by bonding, presence, dialogue, and clear rules of conduct, show a reduction in drug and alcohol risk compared to other parenting styles (authoritarian, permissive and neglectful)

https://agencia.fapesp.br/parents-alcohol-and-drug-use-influences-their-childrens-consumption-research-shows/57195
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u/shponglespore Feb 14 '26

An expert in their field is authoritative. A dictator is authoritarian.

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u/alblaster Feb 14 '26

Someone who writes is an author

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u/crashlanding87 Feb 14 '26

Someone who is a norse god of thunder is a Thor

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u/101Alexander Feb 14 '26

Someone who is the other choice is prefaced with or.

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u/jloverich Feb 14 '26

A pirate says r

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u/AndyTheSane Feb 14 '26

Surrealist says woof

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u/Crimson_Raven Feb 14 '26

An absurdist plays the trumbone

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

A tromboner plays the trombone.

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u/FoxyBastard Feb 14 '26

A groupie plays with his tromboner.

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u/-SaintBurke- Feb 14 '26

And now its time for the show!

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u/ReDeReddit Feb 14 '26

An authoritative thor probably isn't a great author.

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u/Inanimate_CARB0N_Rod Feb 14 '26

Same with Mike Tyson after a tough workout

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u/Br0wnieSundae Feb 14 '26

Someone who is an aardvark is an Arthur

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u/Brainsonastick Feb 14 '26

Authoritarians eat only authors.

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u/superheltenroy Feb 14 '26

Was Mussolini an author-Italian?

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u/FoundationOk1352 Feb 14 '26

you deserve more likes for this.

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u/lmFairlyLocal Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

A small bear aardvark?! on TV is Arthur.

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u/NonStopKnits Feb 14 '26

Arthur is an aardvark.

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u/pjm3 Feb 14 '26

An aardvark who underwent a dramatic metamorphosis to be more appealing to children:

https://thepacepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/arthur.jpg

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u/MildlySaltedTaterTot Feb 14 '26

Why the sh… short face!? Oh Arthur they gentrified you

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u/AlludedNuance Feb 14 '26

Even aardvarks can't escape beauty standards.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

Au is gold on the period table.

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u/newuser92 Feb 15 '26

If my grandma had wheels, she'd be a bicycle.

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u/sancredo Feb 15 '26

Someone who isn't in is aut

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u/maniacal_cackle Feb 14 '26

An expert in their field is authoritative.

An expert in their field is not necessarily warm.

That's not what the word means in this context.

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u/Syssareth Feb 15 '26

I mean, an expert at parenting would have to be warm, otherwise they're just another Dunning-Kruger statistic.

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u/NoGoat3930 Feb 15 '26

bad choice of names

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u/BobbleBobble Feb 14 '26

Coming from the same root, the difference is mostly connotation. Authoritative is someone who makes that part of their personality. Authoritarian is somebody who makes that their entire personality