_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: arafatdmc62@gmail.com; Asian Journal of Pediatric Research 3(3): 32-36, 2020; Article no.AJPR.57362 ISSN: 2582-2950 Parenting: Types, Effects and Cultural Variation S. M. Yasir Arafat 1* , Hasina Akter 2 , Md Aminul Islam 3 , Md. Mohsin Ali Shah 4 and Russell Kabir 5 1 Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka-1340, Bangladesh. 2 Department of Nursing, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh. 3 University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 4 Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh. 5 School of Allied Health, Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, UK. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author SMYA designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors managed the analyses of the study and managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJPR/2020/v3i330130 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Emiliana Cristina Melo, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Brazil. Reviewers: (1) P. Moodley, Mpumalanga Department of Education, South Africa. (2) Filgona Jacob, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/57362 Received 07 March 2020 Accepted 13 May 2020 Published 23 May 2020 ABSTRACT Studies have been coming out exploring different aspects of parenting and how the child has been shaped by parenting. Parenting is the emotional tone between parent and child. It is usually conceptualized by two dimensions, namely demandingness and responsiveness. Based on these dimensions, parenting has been conceptualized in four types mentioned as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful. Parenting has immediate as well as enduring effects on a child’s behavioral, emotional, personal, and cognitive development. However, parenting is deeply influenced by the culture which decides the limits of behavior that to be controlled and praised. This narrative review was aimed to discuss the dimensions, types, effect of parenting style on the child’s development, and cultural variation of it. Keywords: Parenting; culture; demandingness; responsiveness; authoritative; authoritarian; permissive. Short Communication