There is currently only one parent-report measure for assessing challenging parenting behaviour, the Challenging Parenting Behaviour Questionnaire (CPBQ: Majdandžić et al. (2010)). A recent study by Majdandžić et al. (2014) is, to our knowledge, the first to empirically investigate this broader concept of challenging parenting behaviour. In this study, maternal and paternal challenging parenting behaviour was measured via observation and their children's (aged 2 and 4 years respectively) social anxiety was observed at two time-points, 6 months apart. The results indicated that for the older preschool-aged children, paternal challenging parenting behaviour was associated with decreases in social anxiety, whereas maternal challenging behaviour was associated with an increase in child social anxiety. As this was the first study conducted in this area, it will be important to replicate these results as well as expand this concept to cover childhood anxiety at both symptom and disorder levels.