Parents who are demanding and yet sensitively responsive to their children are said to be

A) authoritarian.
B) conservative.
C) permissive.
D) authoritative.

The term used to describe parents who are demanding of their children's behavior, but also sensitively responsive to their emotional needs is authoritative parenting. This parenting style values both high expectations for behavior and emotional support for children. Authoritarian parents are also demanding, but are not sensitive to their children's emotional needs, while permissive parents are responsive to their children's emotional needs but have low expectations for behavior. Conservative is not a parenting style.