The purpose of this study were to investigate the variant trends of parental child-rearing practices of gifted children through the perception of children, to compare with those of children of average intelligence, and to explore the relationships between parental child-rearing practices and some personality traits. 418 gifted children and 444 average children from four elementary schools and three junior high schools in Taipei area were selected as subjects, Parent Child Relation Questionnaire, Tennessee Self Concept Scale, Childrens Internal-External Control Scale, Emotional Maturity Scale were administered to the subject. The data obtained were statistically treated by analysis of variance, trend analysis, and Pearson product-moment correlation. The main findings of the study were as follows:(1)The gifted children perceived their fathers more casual but less demanding than those of the average children, the gifted children perceived their mothers more casual but less rejecting than those of the average chilldren. (2)The male gifted children perceived their fathers more rejecting, direct-object punishment and demanding than those of the female gifted children, the male gifted children perceived their mothers more direct-object punishment and demanding than those of the female gifted children. (3)Parent casual percieived by gifted children increased steadily with age, but fathers rejecting and direct-object punishment decreased steadily with age. (4)There were significant correlations between the parental child-rearing practices and the belief of internality, self concepts as well as emotional maturity.