Child raising: permissive vs harsh?

I've seen too many “problem children” raised in both kinds of households and too many “ideal children” raised in both kinds of households. Any blanket statements, besides being disproved through research also are clearly not true from common observation. Unfortunately our prejudices cloud our vision. If we want to see “problems” or “ideal” as being related to permissiveness or strict upbringing, we'll see only those cases that confirm our prejudices.

Research generally shows that the two extremes are both problematic. [one interesting side example: children from permissive households that do drugs at all tend toward hallucinogenic type drugs, and children from harsh households that do drugs at all tend toward Heroin based drugs.]

For this blog I'd like to focus on some aspects of moral environment and its affect on the children.