Abstract

Parenting is one of the best gifts that is blessed by nature. But along this, comes lot of responsibilities. Raising a happy, healthy child is one of the most challenging jobs a parent can have and also one of the most rewarding. Here comes the role of parenting styles as it plays a critical role in the child’s development. Parents want their child to grow into a happy and healthy child. Alongside, do not want to shower so much love on their child that he gets spoiled. Different parents use different parenting styles at different points. Parenting styles is a construct that represent standard strategies that parents use in their child rearing. Diana Baumrind has given four parenting styles Authoritative, Authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved.