The present study investigated the relationship among maternal acceptance-rejection and children psychological adjustment. This study also aimed to investigate association between maternal acceptance and children acceptance, difference between perception of children about maternal acceptance and rejection and gender differences in psychological adjustment of children. The sample consisted of 250 secondary school students aged between 12 to 16 residing in Dhaka City. Among them 125 were girls and 125 were boys with a mean age of 14.19 years (SD=1.1). A questionnaire package comprised of Bangla versions of child version (short form) of the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire both Father and Mother, the child version (short form) of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire, Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire for Mother. The reliability analysis revealed internal consistency of all four measuring instruments (Cronbach alpha were .71, .84, .78, .83 respectively for Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother, Parent PARQ Mother and psychological adjustment). Independent sample t test revealed significant gender difference in Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother and psychological adjustment. Child PARQ (Father) score of female children (M=40.64) is noticed higher than that of male children (M=38.30). Again the mean score of Child PARQ (Mother) of female children (M=43.92) is higher than that of male children (M=39.18). Correlation analysis showed significant association of Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother and Parent PARQ Mother with psychological adjustment of female participant (r = .38, .50, .34 respectively). Correlation analysis showed significant association of Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother and Parent PARQ Mother with psychological adjustment of male participant (r = .30, .51, .47 respectively).