**1. Introduction**

In this information age where ideas, exchanges, and the development of concepts are fast changing, creativity is needed and is considered as a key learning outcome. An individual's overall development is believed to be critically linked to their social world, especially via their family lives early on (e.g., [1]). Studies have explored maternal personalities' influence on family atmosphere provided to students (e.g., [2]), as well as family factors' influence on students' creativity [3–7]. However, no relevant studies were found to link maternal personalities, family factors, and students' creativity together. Besides, culture, groups accumulated common experiences, and influence on creativity also drew many researchers' attention [8–11]. Since Chinese society has, in recent years, paid increasing attention to the development of children's creativity, how Chinese culture react to the mother-child relationship and further influence children's creativity need more exploration. This study aims to investigate how mothers' personality traits and parenting behaviors link to children's actual creativity

performance, as it may lead to insights into mother-child relationships in terms of creativity, fostering family environments, and, in particular, mothers' parenting style adopted in Chinese societies.
