What are Linda Loman's parenting styles Death of a Salesman?

That is a fantastic
question!

Linda Loman is not fully, nor directly, described
as a parent in the play Death of a Salesman. Interestingly, her
parenting style can be inferred from the way that she treats her husband, Willy, and
from the way she acts towards her now-adult sons.

The
reason for this is that Linda is a conservative woman whose position in society was to
nurture both her husband and children. We know that Linda was the type of woman that
would have done anything and everything for husband. Even at an elder age, she treated
Willy like she would treat one of her sons: With compassion, mercy, and
over-protection.

We can also infer that Linda, being
submissive, let most of her boys' parenting in the hands of Willy. This way, the boys
would follow their father as a role model. Equally, Willy revelled in his sons'
successes in sports and especially in Biff's talent for football. For this reason, when
Biff failed Math and could not move on to college (nor college football), the first
person to whom he went for counseling was his father, and not
Linda.

We can also infer that Linda was not as actively
involved with the boys as Willy was because, when Willy began to act strangely, Linda
ensured that Willy was "protected" from any conflict with either Biff or Happy. Had she
been more involved with her sons, she probably would have learned to differentiate her
role towards her husband from her role in the life of her
children.

Finally, we can also infer that Linda was a type
of enabler. She enabled Willy to carry on his salesman fantasies, and she even took part
of those fantasies by pretending that everything was ok. She was also an enabler of
Happy and Biff for not putting her foot down and forcing them to get out of their
comfort zones. Above all, Linda was a parent in denial: She saw how the dynamics were
developing around her and she acted as if her life was quite normal. This is why, years
later, she encountered herself in front of two worthless adult sons and one invalid
husband to take care of.