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In this technological age, there are many children who use gadgets excessively that have a negative impact on the increase in children-s learning motivation. It is necessary to apply the appropriate parenting style to monitor the growth and development of children, therefore the children could have a self-confidence and disciplined manner. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between parenting style on the use of gadgets and the learning motivation of elementary school-aged students at Elementary School 1 Kuta. This study employed a collaborative analytical design with a cross-sectional approach. To conduct this study, 174 respondents were recruited as the sample through Stratified Random Sampling and Simple Random Sampling technique. The data were collected using a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Spearman-s Rho statistical test. Findings indicated that based on statistical analysis, it was found that most of the parents applied authoritarian parenting (47.1%) and 59.2% of Elementary children had good learning motivation. The correlation analysis obtained results p = 0.001 and r = 0.380, therefore ho was rejected and ha was accepted. The conclusion of this study is that there is a correlation between parenting style in using gadgets and the learning motivation of elementary school age children at Elementary School 1 Kuta.