The family is the first emotional and social community that child encounters. Parents/legal guardians consciously or unconsciously build the foundations of children's future behavior through their educational practices. Physical punishment and permissiveness in the upbringing can result in mistrust, antisocial behavior and lack of self-regulation in children. In building an educational environment based on respect, love and trust, it is necessary for parents/legal guardians to turn to positive discipline, i.e., preventive and corrective educational procedures. By using the non-violent principles to correct children's behavior, parents/legal guardians direct children towards the development of desirable social behavior, responsibility, self-confidence and autonomy. The aim of this research work was to present the opinions of parents/legal guardians regarding the establishment of discipline in education, the frequency of application of preventive and corrective educational procedures, self-assessment of parental competences and the need for professional counseling. The survey was conducted in the first half of June 2023 on a sample of 62 parents/legal guardians of children aged 3 to 7 years. The results indicate that parents/legal guardians have a generally positive opinion about discipline and setting limits in educational activities. Parents/legal guardians use preventive and corrective educational procedures on a regular basis. The preventive procedures they apply daily are positive support, a model of adequate behavior, the possibility of choice, family rules and playing with children. Corrective educational procedures that are also used daily are Imessages, active listening and constructive criticism. They rate their parental competence as high, deny the need for professional counseling, but express an interest in participating in some form of professional counseling within the institution of early and preschool education. Sociodemographic characteristics proved to be significant only in the case of the need for professional counseling of parents/legal guardians with many children.