The concept of freedom and its emersion in parenting is one of the
important issues in the field of training and education. Inevitably,
parents will have to deal with the issue of freedom in their children's
upbringing. Nowadays, there is dispute about granting freedom to
children and that, to what extent they can be left free in their
activities and decisions. Three approaches can be identified in this
extent, which are leniency, authoritative, and Despotism. The
present article intends to introduce these styles, considering the
teachings of the Ahl Al-Bayt (as). In addition, it aims to resolve the
contradiction of the empirical data of parenting styles in the category
of freedom, by presenting the realms of freedom based on the age
and stage of development of the child. The research methodology of
this work is based on documentary and library method. The research
findings show that each of the aforementioned styles uses its own
method of giving freedom in a consistent manner and, each of them
presents contradictory empirical data to prove itself. While the style
of parenting, which is inferred from the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt
and the Prophetic biography, is a variable style in accordance with
the age and state of the child. With the explanation that up to the age
of seven, the style of parenting is leniency and from the age of seven
to fourteen, the style of parenting is despotic, and from the third
seven years and the beginning of puberty, with increasing freedom,
the authoritative style of parenting is realized. This variable and
malleable model with respect to its degree of freedom at different
ages, makes its own style of parenting.