In the relationship between an educational institution and a family there is a need for a quality and free communication between the education and parents. The emphasis is on the process of establishing communication with the help of the modern media. The thesis aims at defining the concept of competencies, features of cooperation and cooperative relationship as well as contemporary forms of cooperation. The thesis also depicts online and social media cooperation, and various mobile phone applications. Important assumption in the work with the child’s parents is the quality of the established communication, parents’ feelings of understanding and acceptance, and educators’ willingness to support and to help. The thesis depicts modern means of communication which are most acceptable to parents and require minimum of their time and effort. Like any other type of communication, this kind of communication besides many positive, has some negative sides as well. This type of communication requires possession of a computer, a smartphone or some similar devices, skills to use those devices and Internet access. Parents sometimes cannot afford those devices, or just do not have the skills that are necessary to use them.