A 44-year-old father has taken to Reddit to ask fellow Redditors, "AITA for telling my sister to either lay off on my parenting style or to leave my house (go homeless)?" The responses were quite interesting! Let's take a look.

Note: The father goes by the name "rrraannnddooomm" on Reddit. We will call him "Random" for this post.

It all began when the sister, her husband, and their 3 sons, ages 9, 13, and 16 moved in with Random and his 14-year-old daughter a few weeks before the post. The move was decided upon after foundation issues forced the family from their home, and they all moved into the basement of Random's home. Random has raised his daughter alone since her mother died 10 years ago.

He begins his story by explaining that he has chosen not to be a strict parent after being raised that way himself. Random explains that his childhood was miserable and that the strictness of his parents led to a strained relationship with them even after he reached adulthood, which in turn has led to "tons of therapy." He does not want the same for his daughter.

Because of this, Random has chosen a "free-range" style of parenting. Since his daughter has shown herself to be responsible enough to make simple decisions for herself, he allows her more freedom than some other parents might allow their own kids. He doesn't monitor her tech gadgets, give her a specific bedtime, or force her to eat only what he cooks, for example.

As long as she is responsible about it and home by 9 pm, he is not strict about where she is allowed to go. If her clothing and makeup adhere to her school dress code, he doesn't interfere with what she wears. When she chooses something for dinner other than what he has cooked, she informs him ahead of time and pays for takeout with her own money, and she is only allowed that choice twice a week to avoid eating takeout for every meal.

The daughter is also allowed to lock her bedroom door, and he knocks before he enters, even if it isn't locked. Random explains that this parenting style comes as a result of his daughter being a "good kid" and earning his trust. He wants her to "grow up as independently as possible while learning to self-regulate and keep her personal safety in mind."

His sister's parenting style is quite different.

She has her 3 boys on a rigorous routine, does not allow them to close their doors unless they are changing, checks their electronics, rarely will enable them to leave the house, and they "eat what she cooked or they starve."

She also calls the school constantly to monitor their activities there, does not allow them to have pocket money, and will not allow them to work for cash.

Their bedtime is 9 pm every night…even the 16-year-old.

While Random disagrees with her parenting style, he insists that he keeps his opinions to himself. His sister, however, is not so restrained.

In order to protect his daughter's privacy, no one from the sister's family is allowed to go to the second floor of the home unless the daughter invites them up to "hang with her." The boys are now using this as a loophole to escape their mother's control and often visit with the daughter in her room.

When the boy's mom goes looking for them, she must go upstairs where she technically isn't allowed. If the bedroom door is shut and locked, she has to wait outside for Random's daughter to unlock it.

She is convinced that the kids are "hiding something from her" and confronted her brother about it. He explained, "All they are doing is having some freedom and privacy" away from her constant monitoring.

But the sister insists that Random needs to be stricter on his kid and demands that he give his daughter more rules since her kids are now comparing her freedom to their lack thereof. She blames the fact that her boys are rebelling against Random's "lax parenting," and accuses him of "adding stress to her already stressful life."

Random explains, "So I told her straight to her face, she either keeps her opinion to herself and parent her kids and leave my daughter to me, or she is free to find somewhere else to live."

His sister responded by calling him an AH, adding that to threaten her with homelessness was a "low blow."

One user responded, "OP's parenting style sounds right on point and its working well for his daughter. Sis needs to understand that he will not and should not change his way of parenting just for her to feel less stress. That's 100% not a valid reason; its not like his daughter is running around doing drugs or something. She has her options, either put up with a bit of stress due to their different parenting styles or be homeless...and that'd be WAY more stressful...NTA."

The majority of those who responded agree with this user's view. In fact, many went so far as to call the sister abusive in her parenting style.

However, since we don't know the entire story from her point of view, that may be a bit harsh. After all, Random's daughter has proven herself to be responsible enough to warrant the freedom that her cousins don't have.

Without knowing whether the boys have shown the same responsibility, it is difficult to call her abusive. However, it is evident that these 2 families clash extremely, and living in the same household will be difficult, if not impossible.

Hopefully, they will find a more suitable living arrangement before the situation drives a permanent wedge.

So what do you think? How would you respond to Random's question of "AITA?" Give us your answers in the comments!