This is how your parenting style affects your kids’ future income and happiness

EVERY parent is different, and everyone has a different idea about how best to care for their kids.

But now a new study has revealed the real effect your parenting decisions could have on those tiny tots - and their future happiness.

Researchers broke parenting techniques down into six categories, to analyse the effect each one had on the children growing up.

The scientists, , in Japan, asked questions to 5,000 adult men and women – about their relationship with their parents when growing up.

Some said things such as "my parents trusted me" or "I felt like my family had no interest in me".

They found that people who had "supportive" parents had higher salaries, academic success and levels of happiness.

While kids who had a ‘strict’ upbringing also had good salaries and academic achievement, but this was coupled with being less happy and more stressed.

These are the six categories. Where do YOU fit in as a parent?

Supportive: High or average levels of independence, high levels of trust, high levels of interest in the child, large amount of time spent together.

Strict: Low levels of independence, medium or high levels of trust, strict or fairly strict, medium or high levels of interest shown in the child, lots of rules.

Indulgent: High or average levels of trust, not strict at all, average or longer amount of time spent together.

Easy-going: Low levels of interest shown in the child, not strict at all, small amount of time spent together, few rules.

Harsh: Low levels of interest shown in a child, low levels of independence, low levels of trust, strict.

Average: Average levels for all key factors – (dis)interest, trust, rules, independence, time spent together, and experiences of being scolded.