Studying the Relationship between Life Styles and Parenting Styles among the Mothers of Ilam in Iran

The present study deals with the relationship between parenting styles and the mothers’ life styles in Ilam city. First the studies done in this field were reviewed، then based on a theory inspired by Bourdieu and Gidens’ ideas six presuppositions were introduced. Four hundred mothers from Ilam were selected by multi-stage random sampling to test the presuppositions. The method of this research was survey and done by means of a questionnaire. The results at the level of correlation show that there is a significant relationship between the variables of life style and parenting style. Based on the results of logistic regression analysis، the Wald statistics show that they explain 72. 7، 76. 6، and 79. 6، 74. 1 percent of the dependent variables of dominant، easy-going، opinionated، and neglectful parenting style respectively. This study shows that choosing a different life style results in a different parenting style.