2. Assistant professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. Abstract Background: Contribution of families in child care is considered necessary for meeting children's needs and for the well-being of the whole family. This study aimed to assess pediatric nurses' and parents' attitudes regarding the importance of families' involvement in care given for their children. Descriptive correlation research design was utilized in this study. Convenience sampling composed of 100 pediatric nurses and 100 parents accompanied their children at inpatient pediatric departments from January to February 2017. Two tools were used to collect data as mothers' attitude scale and families' importance in nursing care–nurses' attitudes scale. Results: Pediatric nurses and parents' showed neutral attitude (77% & 43 % respectively) and the rest of them were between negative and positive attitude. Highly statistical significant difference were found between pediatric nurses and parent's attitudes (p < 0.001**) concerning the importance of families' involvement in nursing care Conclusion: The present study concluded that, more than three fourths of pediatric nurses and nearly half of parents showed neutral attitude and highly statistical significance differences were found between pediatric nurses' and parents' socio demographic and their attitude regarding the importance of families involvement in care given for their children. Most of parents reported that they prefer the presence beside their children in any of the nursing procedures otherwise painful procedures. Recommendation: In service training programs should be provided for all categories of pediatric nurses regarding the importance of involving families in nursing care.