Abstract
This research examined gender differences and parenting styles in single parenting. Thirty women and thirty men completed a demographic questionnaire and a parenting questionnaire. The parenting style questionnaire was developed by Robinson, Mandleco,
Olsen, & Hart (2001). It consists of 62 questions determining parenting styles . There were 27 questions measuring authoritative parenting, 20 questions measuring authoritarian, and 15 questions measuring permissive parenting styles. This research also examined other variables which influence parenting styles, including socioeconomic, status, annual income, parenting by ethnicity. The results suggest that there are gender differences in parenting styles. Single mothers tend to be stronger at practicing authoritative and permissive parenting styles than single father's. In addition, socioeconomic status, income or ethnicity were not related to the choice of the parenting style.