Abstract
Parenting styles are an effective way of variation in individuals’ overall development. Therefore, objectives of the research were to find the parents’ parenting styles, to examine the level of adolescents’ moral development. The other purpose was to discover the effect of parenting styles regarding moral development of their youngsters. Responsiveness and control are the two major traits of the parenting styles. The parents who were high in both traits are authoritative and those who are low in both are neglectful. Low in control and high in responsiveness are the permissive parents whereas low in responsiveness but high in control are authoritarian. The study was conducted in Pakistan. A sample of 1000 subjects was selected conveniently. Two instruments were applied. Parents mostly exhibit an authoritative parenting style. Moral Development Interview Inventory examined moral development. Maximum students fell between stage 4 and 5 according to the theory of Kohlberg of moral development whereas the minimum strength of students was found between stage 5 and 6. No student was observed on stage 1and 6. A significant effect of parenting styles was examined on the moral development of secondary school students