Maami, Mercy Muthoni2024-04-192020-08-142024-04-192019-06https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2994.2Preadolescence is a significant phase in the human life cycle for physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. As preadolescents attempt to gain more independence, they endeavour to develop their own sense of self. One of the most important developmental tasks that adolescents face is to achieve a mature and healthy sense of autonomy – the capacity to make one’s own decisions and to manage life tasks without being overly depended on other people. The behaviour of preadolescents is influenced by several factors. One of these factors is the family environment in which the young person has been living since birth. This study, therefore, examine to understand the influence that parenting styles have on the social behaviours of pre-adolescent children. Problems related to parenting are at the root of many behavioural disorders. The study explored the relationship between parenting styles and the social behaviour of pre adolescent children using specific cases in PCEA Kahawa Farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya. To accomplish this, a mixture of quantitative and qualitative approach was preferred for collecting data from a sample size comprising of 50 respondents, among whom 25were pre-adolescents (aged between 10 and 12 years old) and 25 were parents of pre-adolescent children. The sample was purposively selected for the qualitative side of the study in order to select this multi varied sample. Analysis was done using both descriptive statistics and content analysis. Simple random sampling was also used to recruit the teachers in the quantitative part of the study and the distribution of questionnaire. The findings of the study show that most of the pre-adolescents manifest behavioural disorders when parents utilise the authoritarian and/or neglectful parenting styles.enInfluence of Parenting stylesSocial Behavior of Pre AdolescentThesis