The purpose of this study was to inquire into the effects of communication between parents and their children on adolescent shame. The subjects of the study were 388 male and female students in the second year of middle school in the Seoul and Gyeonggi-do areas, and it was conducted by survey analysis. The results of the analysis suggested that, firstly, the correlation between parent-child communication and adolescent shame was statistically significant. Parent-open communication showed a negative correlation with adolescent shame, whereas parent problem-oriented communication showed a positive correlation with adolescent shame. Secondly, the parent-child communication style affected adolescent shame: mother-open communication and mother-problem communication affected their children’s shame; however, father-open communication and father-problem communication did not have this effect. Father-problem communication affected only self-punishment in sub-factors of shame. Mother-open communication affected inadequateness, emptiness, and self-punishment in negative ways. Mother-problem communication affected all sub-factors of shame. Therefore, it is important that adolescents acquire psychological stabilization for themselves as an opportunity to develop their relationships and communication with their parents.