The purpose of this study is to examine the research trends of parental studies, which are new research areas that have recently emerged in the field of pedagogy, and to examine the applicability of the methodology of grounded theory in this field research. The grounded theory has attracted much attention and practical application in the sense that it can supplement the weaknesses of qualitative research methods. In particular, in the fields of social sciences such as nursing, sociology, administration, and social welfare, research using grounded theory forms a major paradigm of qualitative research. In this paper, I tried to suggest a reasonable research direction after critically examining how Strauss and Corbin s paradigm model are applied from the perspective of the original research epistemology of the grounded theory of the creation of field theory. For this, methodological assumptions such as the concept and purpose of grounded theory, analysis process, and meaning derivation were summarized. Then, by understanding how this research paradigm is being used in the study of pedagogy, we discussed how the grounded theory should be developed in parental studies, and suggested some implications.