Educational Styles in Western Nigeria Parenting and its Impacts on Children: Development of Formation Program for Yoruba Parents

The purpose of this study is to analyse the parenting styles among Yoruba parents from the western part of Nigeria. Do the different parenting styles such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and neglectful have any effects on children? The thesis and the formation program educate parents on the impact of different styles of parenting. The main topics of the theory and the practical analysis are understanding parenting, culture and social norms and parenting styles and their impacts on children.