Parenthood itself is an enormous challenge due to great responsibility that comes with it. There are many factors affecting the quality of the parental role. This paper focuses on displaying main sources of parental stress, the amount of social supplies and their importance for the development of a more determined and stable parent, as well as the perception of future life goals a parent has for their child. The main goal of this thesis paper is to truly capture the difficultness of the parental role and to examine the differences in perception of the role of a parent regarding children of typical development and children with developmental disabilities. Greater focus is thereby placed on the perception of life goals and expectations parents of both aforementioned groups have for their children. Research has shown that there is a difference between the levels of the intensity of stress for parents of children of typical development and of children with developmental disabilities. Other research has also shown that there is a connection between social supplies and the levels of intensity of stress for parents of children with developmental disabilities, while there is no such connection of these variables regarding parents of children of typical development. The correlation of the intensity of stress and the perception of life goals, as well as social supplies and perception of life goals only in the case of parents of children of typical development is also displayed.