The environment has a great importance in the development of the child. In the family environment, which is the basic and most important for a child, parent’s competencies have a great importance related to that role. In the development of the child's competences, the basic makes the family. In that process are defined the traditional and modern approaching, and the differences between them are explained. It is referred to the education as a forming process of the human being and parenting as an overarching role that affects us since the birth of the child and which we should be aware of. With the definition of competency, the most important division for the pedagogical area is mentioned, and as the most important factor for the child's learning to be successful and to feel safe and in harmony with its environment. At the end of the paper, the media is mentioned as an essential factor in today's childhood education and the various advantages and disadvantages of this great force everywhere around us. It is clarified that, if we already allow children to be affected by the media, they should incorporate into a critical opinion and stimulate their own attitude about what they hear and what they see.