Aim. The article shows an analysis of teacher-parent social relations at a time of social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequently the resultant distance learning. The relations are shown from teachers’ and parents’ perspectives based on the result of the studies included in the published reports and press publications of educational institutions. The author shows the value of the relations between parents and teachers and proposes actions that should be taken to create a new type of relationship. Materials and methods. Review and analysis of the literature on the subject, secondary data analysis. Results. The article presents the issues of social relations between teachers and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, which have acquired a new meaning in relation to the distance learning situation. The specifi city of these relationships was presented from the teaching and parental perspectives. In the analyzed research results and statements, the confrontational attitude of parents and teachers attracts attention. The unfavorable elements of disturbed relations and lack of understanding, as well as areas and ways of their improvement, were discussed.