The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between parent - child relationships and parenting styles. The study involved 67 mothers. The representations of the relationships with parents in their childhood were measured by: “PARQ: Mothers and Fathers” (R. P. Rohner, 1989, “The Relationship Questionnaire” (K. Bartholomew, L. M. Horowitz, 1991). Parenting styles were measured by RARI (E. S. Schaefer, R. Q. Bell, 1958). Demographic and biographic data were also collected. Data processing was performed using Pearson’s correlation, factor and comparative analysis. Results demonstrated that participants of the study evaluating their relationship with their parents in childhood as a hostile, neglectful, emotionally cold, dominated by patterns of attachment “avoidant” and “anxious - contradictory”. These mothers’ representations about their relationships with parents in childhood were interrelated with non-optimal styles of parenting.