Abstract :
Parental stress is as experience of parents not only because of child-care, but also due to
their community and environmental conditions, duties and everyday life. Research focused
on investigation of stress among parents related to their children at early-childhood
education and to explore the relationship between child’s behavior, parents’ expectations,
family relationship, socio-economic status, social support, parental satisfaction and child’s
responsibilities. All the parents of the students studying ECE at private schools in the areas
of Rawalpindi constituted as the population of this research study. The target population
consisted of all the parents of students from 10 randomly selected private schools of
Rawalpindi. During scheduled parent-teachers meeting, the parents’ voluntary participation
was demanded. Based upon their consent 145 parents of children from 10 private schools at
Rawalpindi were available for the sample of study through purposive sampling. A self-
developed questionnaire containing items related to seven aspects of parental stress was
developed on five-point Likert scale. The data were analyzed with the help of descriptive
mean, SD, and Pearson r. The current study shows that highest levels of stress among
parents of these children. The economic disadvantage is also a leading cause for parental
stress and minor social support tended to report extra parental stress. The results of the
study highlighted the understanding of parents’ stress in ECE.
Keyword :
Child behavior; Parents Expectations; Family relationship; Socio-Economic Status; Social Support; Parenting Satisfaction; Child Responsibilities