The aim of this paper is to describe modern family, the way in which the structure of the family has changed during history and to point out the needs and challenges modern family encounters in contemporary society. Further on, the idea is to suggest and describe in more detail several types of early and pre-school education which meet the needs of modern family. Family is inseparable from the society since it constitutes the society. All changes happening in a society necessarily effect the family and changes it. There are numerous factory which have changed the family and roles within it throughout the history. Wars, transformation of the role of women in the society, technological development, economic changes, economic growth – these are only some of the factors that forced the family to adopt to the new requirements and need of the society. Thus the family has changed in its structure, relations between its members, as well as educational methods and styles. Different values and needs of modern family confront it with new challenges. In order to meet the challenges, the family needs and ought to get the support from the institutions of early and pre-school education. The institutions, as well as the families themselves, should adopt to the new needs and values of the society. They should grow and change together with the families in order to support them. This refers to each and every member of early and pre-school education institutions as well as to the institutions in general. Montessori and Waldorf kindergartens with their free, individual approach focused on the child, forest kindergartens with their crucial idea of the importance of staying outdoors, in nature, and connecting with the nature, and last but not the least the corporation kindergartens adopted to the need of both working parents – these are some of the forms of early and pre-school education that successfully meet the needs of modern family.