The parenting styles in the book Wuthering Heights vary greatly from parent to parent and, it very much affect the children being raised in that way. They vary from parental abuse to the children to over protectiveness.
Hindley to Hareton, Edgar to Cathy and Heathcliff to Linton. The relationships that they have with their parents and with each other. This, still happens in modern day you can go out on the street and watch all of the different style that are present today.
Hindley uses the parenting style of abuse to Hareton because, he grieves for his wife by drinking pass the point of drunk. In the story, Hindley comes home so drunk that he takes Hareton a puts him over the railing to cut some of his ears off; " Poor Hareton was squalling and kicking in his father's arms with all his might, and redoubled his yells when he carried him upstairs and lifted him over the banister." (Bronte 76). Hindley, like some parents today who abuse alcohol they do not realize what they are doing and, put their children in dangerous situations that had they been sober would not have done. The only difference is now if the parents are caught can have their children taken away by not in Hareton's time.
Another pair is Edgar and Cathy. In the book Edgar gets so overprotective that he does not even let her leave past a certain point in the garden unattended; "Mr.Linton would take her with him a mile or so outside, on rare occasions; but he trusted her to no one else." (184). Edgar is so overprotective that he will not let her out of his sight. This can also be seen today by parents who think they are keeping them safe from the world but, when they do leave it will be a shock to them.
Finally, the last pair is Heathcliff and Linton. Heathcliff hates Linton but uses him to get what he wants in life and at this point it is the grange. he says; "'' I'll inform you of it's whole scope," he said That the two cousins may fall in love and, get married. I'm acting generously to your master; his young chit has no expectations, and should she second my wishes, she'll be provided for at once as joint successor with Linton."" (207). This can also, be connected to modern day in the fact that people still use other to further themselves in life some parents use their kids when they do well so they can look good in front of other's.
So, we can see that there are always many different types of parenting style even in the same family and that some styles are still used today.
There is still one question that needs answering is there a parenting style that is perfect for every child or do we have to use a combination of others to make a new one for that child?