Psychiatry & Psychosomatic Medicine

In this modern competitive age, one must be careful about children’s psychological empowerment and academic achievement which is most likely to be determined by parenting style. It is imperative to dwell upon the fact that each parent must be cautious with regard to rearing practices that may make them capable for accepting challenges of life with full confidence, competency and efficacy, so that they could handle and master all situations easily. Hence, it is a pressing demand of time that we must deliberate on and search for best parenting style which could be most appropriate for developing psychological empowerment and getting success in their academic endeavors because these two aspects viz., psychological empowerment and academic achievement are the hall mark for the success in life. Hence, present investigation was undertaken to explore the impact of parenting style on psychological empowerment and academic achievement. In this investigation, N=300 high school students were chosen from Delhi and NCR. After administering the test on the participants and analyzing the data the results have been discussed in detail in full length paper in the light of Indian socio-cultural milieu.