Aries

Aries parents are kind and generous to their children, but not always sympathetic or understanding. While they are proud of their children, they are apt to be somewhat unconventional and advanced in their method of rearing them. They may urge their children to use their own judgment a great deal more than is permitted to most children. The chances are that the children will develop considerable initiative at an early age, and certainly this will encourage the development. On the whole Aries parents are fairly efficient and a good example of independence and courage to their growing child. Filled with independence, Aries parents are likely to want to instill this quality in their own children. As a result their children always feel a bit pressured. Aries parents are very ambitious as far as their children are concerned.

Taurus

Taurus parents are some of the best in the entire Western zodiac. They have endless patience and a natural love for children and home life. Taurus parents have a protective streak in them, and while they are seldom brilliant and intellectual people themselves, their kindness of heart and common sense, as well as strong intuition, go a long way towards giving a child the kind of guidance that is required. The Taurus parent wants their child to appreciate its home and the family as the focal point within it -- this can make it hard when the time comes to cut the apron strings. Taurus parents often take the time to have lots of children and develop an intricate and permanent extended family structure to avoid being alone in their declining years.

Gemini

Gemini people do not make ideal parents. They are far too intellectual and absorbed by the demands of their mind to provide the emotional support that children require. These people have a youthful outlook themselves and fresh and lively point of view, and this may help them to be somewhat connected to their offspring. Gemini parents are not patient enough with their children and are lacking in warmth and affection. They are too intellectual for their children and often expect their children to think like adults, and when this doesn't happen, they can get unreasonably angry. Gemini parents appreciate alert and lively children. They thoroughly enjoy being like brothers or sisters to their own children.

Cancer

Cancer parents are exacting, fussy and critical in bringing up their children. They supervise their children so closely that they often get nervous and very self-conscious. However, they give plenty of love to the children in the process. The Cancer parent will want perfection in their child, and for their children to live out their own failed dreams. The basic traits of a Cancer parent are those of stifling, almost spoiling parenthood. Cancer parents are sympathetic, eager to please and, most of all, far too easygoing with their children. They need their children as much as their children need them, and once the kids are grown they may well adopt another child, because their need to be needed is strong and will find expression come what may.

Leo

Leo parents are proud of their offspring and will want the best things in the world for them. Children are an essential part of life to the Leo parent, and they see their children as extensions of who they are. If their child makes mistakes, their pride can be hurt. The Leo parent is generous and loves their children to the extent of pampering them sometimes. However, they can be quite strict when it is required for the well being of the child. It is not easy for children with Leo parents to obtain and sustain their own identity, a factor that may have contributed do the disruption of the nuclear family pattern in recent years as more and more children leave home rather than remain subject to heavy parental control past a certain age.

Virgo

Virgo people make for excellent parents, as they are meticulous and highly conscious of the needs of their children. However, their one serious fault is that they tend to become over-vigilant at times, and their careful supervision tends to devolve into constant nagging over time if not monitored. The Virgo parent can give their child personal space only after they are totally convinced that the child has become capable of looking after itself. Virgo parents will remain concerned about their children's well being long after they have all grown up and gone their separate ways. Virgo parents thrive on cleanliness, and will make their children aware of dirt from an early age, often toilet training them ahead of schedule.

Libra

Libra parents pay attention to all their children equally. They take pains to prepare themselves by study for the task of raising children ahead of time. Libra mothers in particular are the sort who will go to concerts in order to expose their unborn child to a bit of culture. All children born to Libra parents will have their chance to explore the arts, whether indeed they want it or not. Libra parents have an instinctive understanding of their children and are quite sensitive to their children’s needs. They are friendly and honest with their children, and thus are able to gain and maintain their children's complete trust. They are capable of planning and executing an intelligent program of development for their children that is neither tyrannical nor too indulgent.

Scorpio

Scorpio parents are very careful and doting with regard to their children. They are jealously possessive of their children, and rarely appreciate fond grandparents or other relatives expressing opinions about the upbringing and welfare of their children. Some of the Scorpio parent's qualities are highly unsuitable for the raising of children, as they can be impatient, ambitious, tyrannical and severe. Their devotion to their children is boundless, but their parental behavior is often lacking in common sense and self-control. They are often overly harsh, and their methods of discipline are often far too severe. Despite the fact that the Scorpio parent is very intuitive and knowledgeable, they often cannot discipline themselves sufficiently to be a good role model for their children.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius parents rarely get bent out of shape over the small details of raising a family. They take to parenthood with both a sense of emotional pride and an inner resolution to fulfill their responsibilities. They are friendly with their children and are never too restrictive. They are very open and honest with their children and easily win their necessary confidence. They simultaneously are able to both treat them as equals and look after all of their needs. The Sagittarius parent is not sufficiently detailed in the supervision of their children, and they often appear to be disinterested. They often remain too occupied with the world to look after or take keen interest in the activities of their children, although they can appear to be doting parents at all times.

Capricorn

Capricorn parents are often very strict disciplinarians who have a definite idea from the start of what they want their child's future to look like. The children of a Capricorn are always encouraged to better themselves, and their formal education begins very early on in their lives. The harder the child works, the more the parents like him; but it can be hard for a child who is not suited to the pressures of personal ambition. The Capricorn parent is a perfectionist as far as a child’s improvement is concerned. They judge their children by adult standards and are often too harsh if the kids fail to achieve instant success in their activities. Capricorns care little for personal pleasure or relaxation and they will frown upon such tendencies in their own children. This can put a definite damper on family life.

Aquarius

Aquarius parents want their children to be both independent thinkers and obedient to their wishes. As a result, there can be a lot of mixed signals being given in this family. Some children may be born independent by nature, others need much more guidance, and the trouble is that Aquarian parents are not much good at recognizing these differences in their children. The result is that they muddle along in a constant state of surprise at the problems their children create, and they are not adept at helping them find solutions. But what they lose in well-timed guidance they make up for in providing companionship to their children. This can continue to a point long after the child has reached adulthood, and it is then that such devotion may be appreciated the most.

Pisces

Pisces parents can come to be too dependent on their children, even in the process of loving them to distraction. They love family consultations and try to involve even their youngest children in discussions about family affairs. The Pisces parent can achieve wonders with their kids, and when called upon in an emergency they will always be there. They thrive on memories complete with baby photos and memorabilia. They are always concerned with the spiritual welfare of their child as much as they are concerned with giving material aid. They enjoy companionship with their children and supervise them in just the right way -- they are neither too indulgent nor too rigid. They are seldom aware of their children’s shortcomings, however, as they can be too involved in their own pursuits to find fault with their family.