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The study investigated the influence of parenting styles on moral development of secondary school students in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The research design for this study was a descriptive survey research design. The specific objective was to find out the correlation between parenting style and the status of moral development of secondary school students in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. 45,795 students in the Federal Capital Territory made up the study population. A sample size of 381 was used. Parenting style and moral development Questionnaire (PSMDQ) was used in this study to collect data from the sampled secondary school students. The data collected were subjected to SPSS analysis based on the research questions and null hypotheses. t-test and NOVA statistics were used to test the hypotheses and to answer research questions. The findings from the study showed that the parents of secondary school students are more autocratic than other parental styles and the status of moral development of students are appreciably high. The study recommended that parents should be mindful of the type of parenting style to adopt and possible adopt autocratic parenting style.