This study investigated parenting patterns among Korean immigrant mothers and children's social competence. Childrearing beliefs, types of control (i.e., physical punishment, material/social consequences, reasoning, scolding, and reminding), training items and family-based parental control, and preschool children's social competence were measured. Among parenting variables, the first two (i.e., childrearing beliefs and types of control) represent the typical Western cultural norms in parenting, whereas the latter two (i.e., training and family-based parental control) reflect Asian cultural values. Family-based parental control consists of two factors: concern and respect for the family, and involvement with the family. Participants were 131 Korean immigrant families, including mother, father, and a target child living in Los Angeles, California area. Teachers (N=26) in five preschools rated the social competence of participating children. Correlations, regression, and t-tests were used to analyze the data. Correlational analyses showed that there were relationships among parenting variables; however, parenting variables were not related to social competence. Mothers who believed more that lots of attention and love can spoil their children also believed in more control of their children. These mothers were more likely to spank or hit and remove rewards from their children. Positive relationships were found among training and family-based parental control. Regression analyses showed that two parenting variables, less physical punishment and mother's expectation that children should respect and care for the family, were statistically significant predictors of children's social competence. However, this model, using 10 parenting variables as predictors, explained 8% of the variance (p<.05). Using 11 sociodemographic variables as predictors of social competence, four variables were statistically significant. The child's age, mother's age, father's educational level, and length of attendance in the preschool predicted social competence; 33% of the variance was explained by these variables. Interestingly, no gender differences were found for parenting beliefs and social competence variables. Therefore, in the present study, it was concluded that Korean immigrant mothers used generally the same parenting strategies with boys and girls. Overall, it was concluded that cultural contexts must be considered when explaining children's developmental outcomes relative to parenting styles.