Final paper shows the types of dysfunctional families and their effects on the child. It also shows the cooperation between educational institutions and parents from dysfunctional families. A family is an elementary social community and has always been unique in the way that its members can satisfy their biological, psychological and social needs. A traditional family consists of a father, a mother and their children. Recent changes in the social climate caused changes in family structure. Single parents and divorces are all the more common. Those changes can create dysfunctional families in which problems like addiction, poverty and domestic violence can occur, leading to more violence, neglect and violence towards children after which, as a peak level of instability, comes divorce. A dysfunctional family affects a childs emotional, cognitive and physical development both in childhood and adulthood. This paper explains the importance of raising the level of competence of both the parents and the teachers in order to create quality cooperation between them, resulting in the childs wellbeing. Also shown are the ways of supoorting families and children through different programs and activities. That is the role of educational institutions, to encourage participation in those same programs and activities with the goal of stopping the negative effects of dysfunctional families on the children as early as possible.