Children are the substantial segment of every society because they are prospective leaders and rnowners of every country. To help children learn about appropriate behaviors, parents utilize rnvarious disciplinary techniques. This area should be given high emphasis because children's rncurrent and future behavior highly depends on the discipline taught by parents at young age. rnTherefore, this study was conducted with a main objective of identifying the effectiveness of rnparental disciplinary techniques in shaping children's behavior along with the various factors that rnaffect its effectiveness. To materialize this, in-depth interview was conducted with eight parents, rneight children of 10-16 age range, two community elders and two reli gious leaders. Moreover rntwo focus group discussions were held with children of age range 10-12 and 13-16 years. In rnaddition, one focus group discussion was held with parents who have children less than 18 years rnof age. To present the result of the study thematic analysis was used. This study was conducted rnin a semi-urban area called "Yeka-Abado" and has added knowledge for future activities in the rnarea of child disciplining. The result of the study has indicated that parents utilize various rndisciplinary techniques to discipline their children. However, parents' childhood experience, rnreligious perceptions and cultural values are identified to have influence on the selection and rnutilization of parental disciplinary techniques. Moreover, ages of the children, parent-child rnrelationship, timing, consistency and attached rationale of the disciplinary techniques have been rnindentified to have impact on the effectiveness of the utilized disciplinary technique. rnKey words: parental disciplinary techniques, child discipline, effectiveness of parental rndisciplinary techniques