The aim of the current study was to validate a new version of the Parental Bonding Instrument (Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) modified to measure emerging adults’ perceptions of parent behavior. A sample of college students (N = 559) completed the Emerging Adulthood PBI as part of a larger questionnaire interested in parent-emerging adult relationships. Exploratory factor analysis with varimax orthogonal rotation demonstrated that the measure maintained an underlying factor structure that was consistent with the original PBI. A two-factor model of items originally interpreted by Parker et al., as “Care” and “Overprotection” demonstrated at least “good” internal reliability. Overall, Mothers were rated as being more caring and more overprotective than Fathers. No significant differences were found between son and daughter ratings when comparing Mother and Father subscales. Results demonstrated that the current version of the PBI modified for use as a measure of perceptions of parent behavior had similar psychometric properties as the original measure (Parker et al., 1979).