<p>Parenting practices contribute to the social, emotional and intellectual development of children, therefore, the study analyzed the relationship between parenting practices, non-verbal intelligence and academic performance. To do this, a non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational design was used, selecting an intentional sample of 50 sixth-grade boys and girls from a public school with an average age of 10.9 years. Parenting practices were evaluated using the CPC-1 Parenting Inventory and Non-verbal Intelligence using the TONI-2 Test. A predominance of positive orientation parenting was found, followed by induction techniques. An inversely proportional relationship was evidenced between care practices and non-verbal Intelligence, while positive orientation showed a relationship with performance in artistic education and physical education; concluding that non-verbal intelligence was positively related to the academic average and the areas of mathematics, Spanish language, and social sciences.</p>