Parenting style of college teachers: a study in Guwahati city, India.

The present study was undertaken to find out different types of parenting style available in the study area among the college teachers and more focus was given on authoritarian parenting style. This was conducted in Guwahati city. A total of 80 college teachers as respondents (40males and 40 females), from different institutions were taken for the study for the first phase. In the second phase the authoritarian teacher parents were taken into consideration. In the case study part very few respondents had been chosen. It was found from the study that the teachers as parents are adopting various parenting styles for moulding the behaviour of the children. In authoritarian parenting style the percentage of male and female authoritarian teacher parents was different and the causes for adoption of such parenting style were also different.