A parent’s behavior towards a child greatly influences them and the people they become. It also affects the way the child would act around other people and may give either good or bad impressions of the parents depending on the behavior. A healthy non abusive relationship with children tends to make the child secure and be better capable of making nurturing and healthy relationships whereas an abusive toxic relationship with very strict parents who want their children to do only as they say will result in the child revolting and disobeying the parents and having relationships with other people based on lies and deceit. Yes, discipline and rules are a need for children but as they grow older the restrictions must become more lenient towards them or else they feel trapped and go out of their way on to a bad path and learn bad habits from the wrong people. Children look up t0 their parents and learn from how they act around others and base themselves off that. So yes, the parent’s behavior greatly affects the child as they’re not just bringing a child up, they’re teaching a person how to live.