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You scored in the mid-range for this scale. According to your responses, while you may understand the urge to be a highly involved and nearly perfect parent, you know that trying to raise children in a faultless manner is next to impossible. You want your kids to be able to enjoy their childhood and look back fondly on it. You may read a few books on childrearing and be highly involved in your kid's activities, but you'll still let them be kids. You believe that they'll still manage to become happy and functional people regardless of what you do. People who want to be "perfect parents" risk stressing themselves out - in addition to the rest of their family - because of their constant struggle for perfection.
You scored in the mid-range for this scale. According to your responses, while you may understand the urge to be a highly involved and nearly perfect parent, you know that trying to raise children in a faultless manner is next to impossible. You want your kids to be able to enjoy their childhood and look back fondly on it. You may read a few books on childrearing and be highly involved in your kid's activities, but you'll still let them be kids. You believe that they'll still manage to become happy and functional people regardless of what you do. People who want to be "perfect parents" risk stressing themselves out - in addition to the rest of their family - because of their constant struggle for perfection.