Epilepsy is the most common neurological brain disorder seen in children, parents of children with epilepsy face a number of challenges including the stigma of disclosure of epilepsy in addition to the lack of sound information about how to cope with the problem, and need psychosocial and emotional support. The aim of study: to assess coping strategies among parents having children with epilepsy. Research design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the neuropsychiatry outpatient clinic at El- Fayoum General Hospital Sample: Convenience sample will be selected available parents having children with epilepsy. Tools: 1sttool structured questionnaire format to assess the children and their parents characteristics as well as knowledge of parents about epilepsy 2ndtool Parents burden scale to assess parents burden 3rd tool coping pattern scale to assess adaptive attitude of parents toward their epileptic children. Results: This study represent mean age of children is 8.03±0.365, more than half of children in primary school, less than half of studied parents had secondary education, more than half of parents had poor knowledge, more than half have severe burden, Adittionally less than three quarters of parents had low coping Conclusion: It can be concluded that, Parents of children with epilepsy have poor knowledge about epilepsy, parents facing several burdens resulting from epilepsy they are continually worried about the child diagnosis, long-term costs of treatment and follow-up and have low coping pattern with their epileptic children Recommendation: Its recommended for the importance of applying educational program for parents on improving their knowledge and coping strategies