The styles of parenting chosen by mothers and fathers significantly affect the children’s bullying behavior. Authoritarian parenting style may result in the aggressive and rebellious behavior of children (Sarwar, 2016). The children of authoritarian parents have the highest liability to bullying as rules, strict discipline, or violence from parents make them feel weak at home and promote the expression of their power by abusing classmates. Permissive parenting contributes to behavioral problems and bullying behavior to a great extent as children who were raised without rules and boundaries may fail to develop tolerance, compassion, and empathy (Rajendran, Kruszewski, & Halperin, 2015). The children of neglecting parents frequently become victims of bullying as the absence of communication and attention from parents provokes depression and negatively affects children’s self-worth. The authoritative model of parenting has the most insignificant connection with bullying behavior. This approach develops children’s self-confidence, optimism, and self-efficacy, it encourages tolerance and acceptance (Madnani & Pradhan, 2015). Authoritative style is traditionally associated with positive children’s outcomes both in school performance and future life.
It is impossible to underestimate the role of an appropriate parenting practice in the children’s raising and shaping of their behavior. Parents may substantively influence bullying prevention and the decrease of peer victimization by the improvement of their parenting techniques (Kim & Kim, 2016). A healthy home environment, attention to the children’s needs and desires, and parent-child communication may essentially reduce the prevalence of aggression and bullying among children.