The purpose of this study is to investigate the moderated mediating effects of emotion recognition competency, peer relationships, and school life satisfaction in the relationship between negative parenting attitudes and career adaptation. To verify the model, data from the 4th panel survey of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey(2021) were used. The main research results are as follows. First, it was confirmed that negative parenting attitude negatively predicted peer relationships, and peer relationships positively predicted career adaptability. Second, peer relationships were found to partially mediate the relationship between negative parenting attitudes and career adaptability in a statistically significant manner. Third, the direct effect of negative parenting attitude on peer relationships and the indirect effect on career adaptability through peer relationships were confirmed to be controlled by emotional recognition capacity and satisfaction with school life. In other words, the role of positive friendships, cognitive empathy, and school life satisfaction was shown in offsetting the negative impact of negative parenting attitudes on career adaptability. The results of this study show that in order to improve adolescents’ career adaptability, parents’ negative parenting attitudes need to be improved, and support to increase satisfaction with school life is needed along with interventions that increase the ability to form positive peer relationships and recognize the emotions of others.