Childrearing attitudes of the mothers of 796 male and 450 female high-ability high school seniors were assessed with the Parental Attitude Research Instrument, which was scored for three factors: Authoritarian-Control, Hostility-Rejection, and Democratic Attitudes. Children of these mothers were assessed with a variety of inventory scales, self ratings, interest and activity check lists, high school performance measures, and teacher ratings. Only the AuthoritarianControl factor had correlates exceeding chance expectancy. Authoritarian childrearing attitudes of the mother were negatively related to measures of the creativity and originality of the child, but were positively related to academic performance.