One of the important factors affecting human resources development is parenting
styles. Diana Baumrind (1971), a leading American psychologist in parenting style
studies at the University of California, Berkeley, proposed two major dimensions
concerning parents’ behaviors in fostering their children as follows: controlling or
demand dimension and responsive dimension. Baumrind integrated these two
dimensions and classified parenting style into 3 types: authoritative parenting style,
authoritarian parenting style, and permissive parenting style. Maccoby and Martin
(1983), then proposed a fourth style, which is uninvolved parenting style. Based on the
research focusing on parenting styles, it can be said that the authoritative parenting
style plays a crucial role in shaping children psychologically to be able to adjust
themselves to others, to exercise appropriate social behavior, to be self-disciplined,
and to possess an appropriate emotional quotient.