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Aim of the Study is to Assess the Parenting Style And Parenting Attitude Among The Parents And Its Effects On Academic Performance Of School Going Children In Selected Areas Of District Fetehgarh Sahib (Punjab)." METHODS:-A Descriptive research design under Purposive non-probability sampling technique was used to select the parents of school going children who are residing at selected rural areas of District Fatehgarh Sahib. Population of the study consisted of (N=100) parents of school going children residing at selected rural areas of District Fatehgarh Sahib.Demographic data profile sheet was used for assessment of demographic variables such as age, occupation, educational level, religion, child grades, type of school etc.5-point parenting scale was used to assess the parenting attitudes among the parents residing at village Amloh District Fatehgarh Sahib. Check list was used to assess the parenting styles among parents of school going children regarding people residing at village Amloh District Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. RESULTS :-The findings of the study showed that the majority of parents (80%) using Authoritarian parenting style and the other findings showed that all the parents (100%) having positive parenting attitude towards their children, The findings of the study showed that there was a significant effect of parenting style on the academic performance of school going children. i.e. r value =.817**(p value=<0.001. It was also revealed that there is significant effects of parenting attitudes on the academic performance of school going children. i.e. r value=.717**(p value=<0.001). CONCLUSION:-The findings of the study showed that there is no significant association between the level of scores and other demographic variables. The calculated chi-square values were less than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance for both parenting style and attitude. So, there is no significant association between the parenting style and attitude with their selected demographic variables.