It is required to better understand the communication of emotion between the child and the parent. The factors underlying a parent's vulnerability to emotional problems have received relatively little attention from researchers. The empirical studies that have published suggest that the key determinants of a child's hospitalization relate to how the parents apprise the hospital stressors that confront them and how she or he evaluates the resources available to help to cope with the situation. To assess the level of stress among the parents of under five children who were admitted in selected hospitals at Gwalior (M.P.). To find out the association of level of stress among the parents of under five children who were admitted in selected hospitals with selected demographic variables. The study involved single group test without a control, using non-experimental descriptive design, with non-probability purposive sampling. 60 women were involved in data collection by using a structured questionnaire. The results were described using descriptive and inferential statistics. The overall knowledge score was found to be Majority of the parents (61%) had severe stress, 31% parents had moderate stress and only 7% of parents had mild stress. It reveals that the majority of the parents had severe stress. In relation to the stress score of parents mean, SD and mean percentage was in general aspects was 14.7, 3.23 and 73.5 and hospitalization was mean, SD and mean percentage was 11.12, 2.54 and 79.4 but regarding Treatment and Prognosis was mean, SD and mean percentage was 9.21, 2.24 and 73.4.In relation to the stress score of parents mean, SD and mean percentage was in Complication related to disease condition was mean, SD and mean percentage was 10.27, 2.93 and 73.4. Findings reveal that there is a significant association between the levels of stress when compared with parents Age, occupation, educational level, housing type, residence and age as well as birth order of the children. The overall findings of the study clearly showed that there is severe stress with the parents of a hospitalized under five children.