The topic of this paper are gender-responsive parenting practices and the challenges parents face in applying such practices. In the theoretical part of the paper, gender-responsive parenting is defined and the key practices of which it consists are described. Gender-responsive parenting practices are considered to be practices that emphasize gender equality and resistance to traditional gender norms and behaviors, and are manifested in parental distinguishing of sex and gender in everyday parenting, resistance to gender stereotypes and gender-responsive communication in the family. The aim of the empirical part of the work was to research whether gender-responsive parenting practices are presented on portals specialized for parenting in Croatia, which gender-responsive parenting practices are most often presented and what challenges parents face in applying such practices. By applying qualitative research practices, an analysis of articles published in the past 5 years on portals specialized in parenting in Croatia was carried out. The analysis showed that the practices of gender-responsive parenting are rarely presented on portals specialized in parenting, and the practices that are most often presented are the egalitarian division of responsibilities in the household and equal parenting, resisting stereotypes in the selection of toys and clothes for the child, and equal approach regardless of biological sex of a child. Further analysis showed that negative reactions from others, misunderstanding of the concept of gender responsive parenting by others and distinctions caused by deviation from the dominant culture are cited as the most common challenges of gender responsive parenting on portals specialized in parenting in Croatia.