Background of the Study: In this study, parenting styles and parents of yesterday and today are compared from the perspective of seven adults of different age, sex, professional training, and nationalities, interviewed about their own parents. The aim is to identify the similarities and differences between the parenting style and parents of yesterday and today in order to identify the profile of the parent that today's children need.

Method: The method used in the study is qualitative, and the technique used is that of the interview.

Results: The parenting style of the parents of the interviewees oscillated between adequate (correct, understanding, permissive, etc.) and inadequate (authoritarian, classic, conflictual, firm, inconsistent, uncompromising, loose, repetitive, selective, and severe); the parental style had an impact on the interviewees, but only one of them stated that he had learned to build a more consistent model in terms of authenticity. The profile of the parent that children need today should include acceptance, accompaniment, harmony, authenticity, cooperation, discipline, balance, Christian education, love, referentiality (God), and vigilance – without devaluation, defeat, punishment, reward, blackmail, or humiliation.

Conclusion: To avoid situations where parents are from the past and children are from the future, the parent profile should include the components above.