“…Research in the field of parenting styles has demonstrated that parental acceptance has been linked to positive mental health, social competence, self-esteem, academic achievements, and healthy peer relationships (McNeely & Barber, 2010. Also see Bean, Barber & Crane, 2006;Boudreault-Bouchard et al, 2013;Ferguson, Kasser & Jahng, 2010;Grolnick et al, 2015;Pastorelli et al, 2016). Besides, the indulgent style, characterized by warmth but not strictness, and the authoritative style, characterized by warmth and strictness, were found to be more associated with better outcomes than the authoritarian style, characterized by strictness and no warmth (Calafat et al, 2014;Fuentes, et al, 2015;García & Gracia, 2009.…”