The development of language skills does not always go as planned. Today, more than ever, there are numerous obstacles to language acquisition. To many, the cuprite seems to be obvious- electronic media. In the 20th century, starting with television, the development of electronic media is not going to stop. Such a technological outburst has left consequences on the linguistic development. Electronic media can be useful if handled properly. Otherwise, they can have adverse consequences not only on language development, but also on social and emotional ones. As a rule, speech should be the simplest form of communication for a person. However, this is not the case when language development difficulties are present. Linguistic development is the most sensitive and fastest developing during the first three years of a person's life. Children absorb the information their environment provides. Since most people use electronic media multiple times a day, they play a big role in the development of a child. Electronic media can have a positive but also a negative impact on children's language development. In addition, it is easy to confuse a negative influence with a positive one. For example, children who adopt a foreign language before their mother language is not desirable. Good and normal language development implies the development of the first, native language. A positive influence can only be considered to be a child who, in addition to his or her mother language, also knows a foreign language. Thus, electronic media are often an obstacle to a healthy language development. Electronic media can be the cause of language disorders in preschool children, if they have not directly affected or caused the disorder, then they are slowing down the recovery. Although we sometimes think the child and his or her language development is going well, we can be fooled. The negative impact of electronic media doesn’t have be in the form of disruption. Speech therapists pay a lot of attention to negative influences of electronic media, because if not treated as soon as possible they can cause even greater problems in further language development. A considerable number of parents do not even notice difficult language development, excluding more severe cases, such as stuttering, autism and similar. Problems with language development are most often brought to light when meeting a teacher or speech therapist while enrolling in kindergarten or school. Undoubtedly, more and more children visit speech therapists even before kindergarten precisely because of the influence of contemporary media. It is important to find out the problem as soon as possible and solve it without further consequences. Today, a great deal of literature is available on the subject, and parents' manuals can be found on the market.