OBJECTIVES: The goal of this research is to explore the connection between the way of parenting and the adolescents’ satisfaction with life, belief in the sense of life, burn-out in education, conflict management skills, level of depression and evaluation of the family atmosphere. METHODS: The sampling was done non-random within the target group, 15-18 year- old high school students (n=171). Data collection took place in Kaposvár in the autumn of 2014. The self-reported questionnaire  contained  elements taken over from standard ones. Adolescents had to choose the characteristic of their parents from different ways of parenting styles based on Baumrind’s work. SPSS v 13, descriptive statistics, χ-test and Fisher's Exact test were used for data evaluation. RESULTS: There was a significant correlation between the evaluation of the atmosphere at home (p <0,01), belief in the sense of life (mother: p=0,003; father: p=0,002) and the way of parenting. The paternal style correlated with the satisfaction with life among the adolescents (p=0,006) and with the burn-out in education (p=0,005). The  mother’s attitude had an effect on the conflict management (p=0,036) and the level of depression (p=0,013). Children with consistent and/or permissive parents perceived a better family atmosphere, had higher satisfaction with life and better belief in the sense of life, had a lower level of depression and burn-out in education, and they were more likely to seek compromise. While the authoritarian parents’ children were rather rival, neglectful parents’ children were more conflict avoiding than their contemporaries. CONCLUSIONS: Consistent and permissives parents’ children showed a better image of themselves. The health visitor involved in the intimate sphere of the family is able to get direct information about the way of parenting. With the help of education, she shapes the mental health and health protective behavior of the adolescents within the school’s health educational program.