ResearchArticle The Effect of Parenting Styles on Children’s Familiarity with Traffic Signs Parastoo Rezaei , 1 Kayvan Aghabayk , 1 and Lyndel Bates 2 1 School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 2 School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoKayvanAghabayk;kayvan.aghabayk@ut.ac.ir Received 4 June 2021; Accepted 12 November 2021; Published 3 December 2021 AcademicEditor:NagendraRVelaga Copyright © 2021 Parastoo Rezaei et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ecommunity,andespeciallythefamily,affectschildren’strafficsafety.Parentsinfluencechildren’scurrentandfuturetraffic behaviors. Numerous studies have demonstrated a relationship between parenting style and children’s behavioral problems such as antisocial behaviors and delinquency, so the modification of parenting styles could have a positive impact on the interactions between parents and children. In the literature on children’s traffic safety, parental influence has long been recognizedasanimportantaspectofresearch,butparent-relatedfactorsaremostlyunknown.Inparticular,afactorthatcan affectparents’attitudesandchildren’sviewsofroadsafetyisparentingstyle.erefore,thisstudyaimstoexaminechildren’s knowledgeoftrafficsignsutilizingaparentingstyles’perspective.edeterminingroleofdemographiccharacteristicsintraffic skills is critical and is investigated in this study. In this study, 1011 preschool, first-, second-, and third-grade students were interviewed and information about parenting styles and demographic characteristics were collected from questionnaires completed by parents. rough interviews, children’s familiarity with law enforcement and informative signs was assessed. Resultsindicatedthatolderchildrenandthosewithhighersocioeconomicstatushadbetterskillsinthisfield.eresultsalso showedthatparentscouldimprovetheirchildren’sunderstandingofsignsbylessuseofinconsistentdisciplineandcorporal punishments. Parental negligence, contradictory use of corporal punishment, and nonuse of positive behaviors are some factors which are most likely related to children’s knowledge of traffic signs and rules. e findings of this study can guide parentsandassistrelevantauthoritiestoimplementpoliciestomoreeffectivelytrainyoungchildrenbydevelopingpractical and targeted resources. 1. Introduction Researchershavelongfoundthatchildren’sdevelopmentis influenced by their characteristics, families, and society [1]. Many studies indicate the effects of parental practices and attitudes on children’s road safety [2–4]. Parents are most likely the primary source of instruction for children about road safety. Parents’ perception of safety is important, and they have frequent opportunities to educate their children. However,parentsoftenlackanunderstandingonhowthey affect their children at young ages [2]. Children’s road safety research has a number of foci. Some researchers have examined children’s safety from a demographic characteristics perspective. Furthermore, the impactofparentsonchildren’sawarenessoftrafficrulesand theirroadsafetyisimportant.Extensiveresearchhasshown parentingstylesaffectawiderangeofchildren’seducational, psychological,behavioral,andsocialcontexts[5–7].us,it seems that investigating the effects of different types of parentingonchildren’strafficbehaviorscouldimproveroad safety in future. One factor that is likely to affect children’s traffic knowledge is parenting styles. Inordertoimprovesafetyontheroadsandcreategood habitsforfutureroaduse,parentsshouldensureanadequate focusonimprovingroadsafetyawarenessintheirchildren. Improving children’s familiarity with traffic safety and identifying significant factors can provide opportunities for policymakers to increase all road users’ awareness, reduce Hindawi Journal of Advanced Transportation Volume 2021, Article ID 2485992, 16 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2485992