Aim. The aim of the article was to indicate and discuss upbringing in peasant families, which was described in readers’ letters published in the periodical „Zorza” and its continuations from 1905 until 1918. In the present article, the author tried to answer the following questions: How was the educational influence in the family assessed in the letters and what postulates were formulated? How was the implementation of care and educational tasks in the families described in the letters published in the peasants’ press? What threats to the family, and its stability, and what educational role, were indicated in the readers’ correspondence? Methods. The readers’ letters from the press were analysed qualitatively. The methods of historical, pedagogical and press research were used. Results. The article describes the areas of upbringing in peasant families which, according to the correspondents, were considered neglected and indicated the postulates for changes they formulated.