Introduction. Information and communication technologies are a remarkably important element of family life. Parents themself hustle to organize the initial media impressions and experiences for their children. The experiences can have either a positive, or a negative character. Media education started by parents is vitally important. It will be an elementary preparation of the youngest children for the correct and conscious reception of media. Aim. The article aims to emphasize the extremely important role of parents in preparing the youngest children for the correct and safe use of information and communication technologies. Bearing in mind the emerging problems of media threats among children and adolescents, the paper presents the most important assumptions of media education, and describes propositions of parents’ activities in the field of early media education in the family. Resources and methods. An overview of opinions and assumptions emphasizing roles and tasks of family media education, which help in preparing a small child to live in a world dominated by media, were used in this paper. Results. Media education practiced in the family is an extremely important element of modern education that prepares children and adolescents to use information and communication technologies safely.