parental attitudes of female students toward child-parent interactional behavior

background: bringing up children is one of the most complicated responsibilities an adult experience in his/her life. however, most people are not completely prepared to be a parent. current study was carried out to analyze the attitude of participants toward becoming parent. methods: this is a descriptive study in which questionnaire 1-1-pi which is consisted of 32 items was used. sampling method was stratified random sampling. 400 questionnaires were distributed among participants and the data was analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. results: findings demonstrated that 116 cases (31 percents) scored 0-64 and 63 cases (17 percents) scored 65- 95 and 192 cases (52 percents) scored 97- 160. these scores were respectively considered positive, neutral and negative overall attitude toward parenting. conclusions: some parents considerably lack fundamental parenthood skills. they are unaware of their children’s needs, capabilities and potentials. a solution could be planning to improve (future) parents’ awareness of children’s development. key words: parental attitude, children, parents’ behavior