Parenting Styles and Juvenile Delinquency Delinquency theories argue that family and parenting styles play a significant role in the extent to which juveniles will engage in delinquency. "The most important family variables are the parental rejection of the child and the nature of parental efforts to socialize the child against delinquency" (Agnew and Brezina 2015). Parental efforts are determined in three different aspects. First, we look at a parent 's warmth for their child which relates to the child they are loved and cared about by their parents. Next, we judge parenting and its effects on children by the amount of hostility they are shown from their family. Then last, we look at how parent 's supervision and rules aide in the extent to which juveniles engage in delinquent acts. Therefore, research shows that parenting styles and how children are guided throughout their life can attribute to delinquency. The debatable question of can "positive" or "negative" parenting styles affect the parent and child bond? The Delinquent decision of juveniles can be influenced by the different types of parenting styles. Parenting methods were developed by Baumrind in 1966 when he established the classification scheme which gave details and examples of how differently children can be parented and cared for because of their parent’s treatment. The first style addressed is the authoritative parenting style which is known as parenting that is warm, rational and consistent. The second