Should parents be strict when raising their children or lenient?

[eLdavis]

When it comes to raising kids, what method do you think would be more effective, for the parents to be lenient or should they be strict. I think it would be best to have a mixture of both.

 

[Sanjeev]

I think they must be strict at the time they should be and lenient when required. I have never been strict to my kids but my wife is. My kids do whatever their mom says but ignore sometimes what I ask them to do.