Abstract
Self-esteem is an essential part of early childhood development, and plays a large part in a child's developing sense of self, emotional wellbeing and interpersonal relationships. Here the paper focuses on analyzing the impact of the four styles of parenting, namely authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful, on the self-esteem of children. Hypothesis testing in the study was done using descriptive-correlational research design where information was gatherثي from primary school students with the intention of examining the correlation between parenting and children's self-esteem. Parents were asked to fill questionnaires based on the treatment methods used and the levels of self-esteem and correlation coefficients were computed to determine the relationship between the variables.
The revelations sought in the study showed that parent, which attempts warmth, support, and suitable retribution was positively correlated with self-esteem in children. On the other hand, where the parents had despotic or indifferent parental attitudes of punishment, criticism or indifference, lower self-esteem level were associated. The study also revealed that culture and emotions played a great role in influencing children's self-esteem especially on issues to do with emotional regulation and cultural values.
From the study it can be deduced that positive parenting behaviors play crucial roles in enhancing the child's emotional well-being and self-esteem. The implications of the findings are that more research needs to be done on the practices of parenting as well as the outcomes of such practices in the development of the children.