The article reaches the problem concerning lack of models in preparing parents for an affirmative behavior, generally; and the influence of parental attitudes and non- affirmative behavior manifestations towards the development of non-affirmative behavior of their children, especially. In the theoretical part of the research it is presented a short view of the self affirmation concept beginning with first studies to the most recent approaches in the domain. The results of the research show evidence that there is a correlations between parents lack of trust, lack of social courage; parental attitudes of hiper – and hipo – tutoring, and children’s behavior manifestations such as anxiety, difficulties of self representation, frustration in goal achievement, fear of knowledge evaluation situations, and fear of not corresponding to the awaitings of the environment. The received results are to be used in the aims of elaboration of some educational programs concerning development of affirmative behavior at parents as at their children.