Abstract: The research work entitled “Parental perception of psychosocial status of children” made an attempt to find out the influence of parenting method in the areas of psychological, emotional and social development of the children. The study is descriptive in nature. It has studied 50 parents by using research tool such as questionnaires. The primary data was systematically processed. Descriptive analysis was made to draw inferences. The study revealed the various problems faced by the children due to inappropriate parenting style, issues of children in relation with psychological, emotional and social functioning. The authoritative parenting style are adopted by the majority of the respondents and the managed by the parents. The research reveals the limitation of knowledge of the parents in the areas of psychological, emotional, social development and parenting.