In the last decades, family has undergone the most substantial and deepest changes in all its spheres of functioning. Still, its significance hasn’t decreased, and neither has its role for children, which is highest on the scale of importance and priorities. The modern family of today is in a specific position of abandoning the traditional boundaries within which it felt safe and protected by the authority of parents, and is facing the challenges of the democratic developments present in all areas, including family life. In such a vacuum where the traditional parenting model is being abandoned, but there is still a lack of clear directions about how to be a competent and responsible parent under circumstances of social change and pressures, parenting has become extremely difficult and confusing.