Aim. The present study aims at drawing attention to the increased interest of family journalists in the family as an educational environment in the second half of the nineteenth century in the Kingdom of Poland. It will provide the historical reconstruction of the family model and the ideas of family upbringing, which were developed and propagated in the Warsaw family magazine “Opiekun Domowy” (“Home Carer” or “Home Caregiver”) from 1865-1876. Methods. Qualitative analysis of the source (magazine text) from a historical and pedagogical perspective. Conclusions. The source analysis shows that the magazine “Opiekun Domowy” is part of the popular family magazine type in the second half of the 19th century. It promoted the traditional family model, mainly of the lower classes, although popularized values and models of family life were adequate for all types of families functioning in the nineteenth-century society. Numerous tips and educational advice on the goals, forms, and methods of family education were published in the pages of the study, concerning the moral, religious, health, and intellectual education of a child, were aimed at shaping and raising the pedagogical awareness of parents.