The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of parenting practices, the impact of differing parenting practices, and how gender of the parent and child impact child outcomes. The sample for this study was taken from parents whose children are participating in the Early Risers Program. These parents completed two questionnaires. Parental involvement, communication, and discipline scales were the focus of these questionnaires. To assess the child's strengths, parents also reported on their child's interpersonal strength, family involvement, intrapersonal strength, affective strength, and school functioning. This study examines how the gender of a parent and the differing parenting styles between partners affects a child's development. Specifically, it was expected that the same-sex parent of a child has more influence on a child than the opposite-sex parent, and mixed parenting styles will affect the development of a child differently than parents parenting with similar parenting practices. The results show that same-sex parents have more influence over certain child outcomes. No significance was found for the influences of differing parenting practices on a child's outcome. The study provides a closer look at the influences of gender and parenting practices on child outcomes and compares whether parents' distress level or differential parenting styles among partners has more influence over child outcomes.