Introduction Parenting is a complex job that requires many different skills that work together to influence a child's behavior. Parenting style theory was largely influenced by Baumrind's (1971) conceptualization of authoritative, permissive, and authoritative parenting styles involving various characteristics such as maturity, communication styles, nurturance, warmth, and involvement. submissive to parental demands, while parents were expected to be strict, directive, and emotionally detached. The permissive parenting style, as the name suggests, indicated fewer restrictions or limits from the parents on the child. Children were expected to regulate their own activities. The authoritarian parenting style is similar to authoritarian parenting which involves clear and firm direction towards children. However, the difference between the two similar parenting styles lay in the moderation of discipline with warmth, reason, and flexibility as a consequence of authoritative parenting. Regarding parental gender, traditional gender roles in India encouraged mothers to care for them, while fathers were traditionally encouraged to have little involvement in raising children, (Rothbaum & Trommsdorff, 2007). Strict adherence to gender roles could explain mothers being seen as more authoritative and sometimes more permissive, while fathers are traditionally seen as authoritarian. However, current research suggests that fathers today are becoming increasingly caring, affectionate, and interactive in the daily lives of their young children, contradicting the traditional belief that fathers are authoritarian (Roopnarine, Talukder, Jain, Joshi, & Srivastav, 1.. ... half of the article ...... psychology, 26 (4), 667-673 Rothbaum, F., & Trommsdorff, G. (2007). to each other: Relationship socialization and autonomy in cultural context. In Grusec, J. G. & Hastings, P. D. (Eds.), Handbook of socialization: Theory and research (pp. 461-489). ) Gender differences in parenting styles and effects on the parent-child relationship, 11-12Turner, E., Chandler, M., Heffer, R. (2009). on academic achievement in college students. Journal of College Student Development , 50(3), 337-346Winsler, A., Madigan, A., & Aquilino, S. (2005) Correspondence between maternal and paternal parenting styles in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(1),1-12.