A preschool aged child‟s social emotional development can be influenced in many ways;
one of which being the early style in which their parent uses to raise them. This study examined
the relationship between social emotional development of preschool aged children and three
identified parenting styles, authoritarian, authoritative and permissive. Identifying social
emotional development in preschoolers by behaviors related, but not limited to: play, self esteem,
tantrums, interaction with people, disposition, transitions and behavior, were used to assess the
child‟s social emotional development.