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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and positive thinking skills in light of some demographic variables among a sample of high school female students within Jouf governorate, KSA. The participants were (200) female students of the high school in the 1st and 3rd high school grades (scientific and literary majors). They were between (16) and (18) years of age, average (17.14) years and standard deviation (1.58). The study instruments were both parenting styles and positive thinking skills inventories (prepared by the researcher). The results indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between parenting styles and positive thinking skills. Additionally, there were statistically significant differences in parenting styles attributed to both grade (in female of students in the third grade) and major (in female of the scientific majors). However, there were no statistically significant differences in positive thinking skills in terms of the aforementioned demographics. (Published abstract)