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In the course of human development, stage of adolescent plays a central stage of the development of the self and personal identity, this stage undergoes significant social, emotional, and intellectual changes. The social environment, including familial structures and interactions, strongly interfere in these changes. In this view, the research disclosures the sociological discourse on how parenting style influences the school going adolescent mental health. This study primarily investigates on the different types of parenting styles adopted by the parents and exposes the influence of socio-economic and cultural background on parenting. Particularly, the study will give significance to the mental health of adolescents and analyzes the relationship between parenting dimensions and the mental health of the adolescent children. The study employs descriptive research design, and cross-sectional nature of study. It is predominantly quantitative in nature. In order to execute the study, researcher adopted the method simple random sampling (Lottery method) to select the sample population. Data for the research is collected through semi structured interview schedule and systematic observation is undertaken to understand the social, economic and cultural dynamics of the respondents. The study found that there is a significant association between parenting styles and school going adolescents mental health. Authoritative parenting style is most commonly used among fathers and adolescents, authoritarian is most common with mothers. The study concludes that parenting not only involves the basic necessity of adolescents but also providing emotional support, communication, guidance and appropriate supervision.