The Parental Stress Scale (PSS) is an 18-item self-report-scale that quickly measures perceived parental stress through positive and negative aspects of parenthood. This study aimed to establish a Dutch version of the PSS and to examine its psychometric properties. The original questionnaire in English was translated into Dutch, via forward-backward translation. Participants were approached via various online forums and comprised a random sample of parents with at least one child under the age of 19 living at home. The Dutch translation of the PSS and the Opvoedingsbelasting Vragenlijst (Parenting burdening Questionnaire, OBVL) were completed by 198 participants through a web-based platform. Analyses showed good reliability of the translated PSS. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a 15-item model consisting of two factors (“parental stress” and “parental satisfaction”). PSS total scores strongly correlated with OBVL total scores, as did both individual factors of the PSS with (most of) the OBVL subscales, supporting construct validity. However, the “Parental satisfaction” factor had >50% of the variance due to error, which may pose a concern with regard to convergent validity. The Dutch translation of the PSS is a 15-item questionnaire that measures perceived parental stress and may pose a more comprehensive, freely available, alternative for the OBVL