Table 1: Terms and definitions.

Terms	Definition
Knowledge of child development	It can be defined as understanding of “developmental norms and milestones, processes of child development, and familiarity with care-giving skills” [8].
Parenting styles	Consists of attitudes about children that parents communicate to their children and the emotional climate in which they are expressed [18].
Parenting	Defined as “the process of developing and utilising the knowledge and skills appropriate to planning for, creating, giving birth to, rearing and/or providing care for offspring” [19].