The article raises an extremely important issue for today, which is related to the education and upbringing of parents raising preschool children. The relevance of the above research problem is substantiated. It was found that the present, which is characterized by extremely rapid pace of social, educational, scientific, economic and political changes, has a detrimental effect on the social environment in general, and high employment of parents – on the process of raising preschool children in particular. As a result, the relationship between children and parents deteriorates, creating a barrier to communication, trust, mutual understanding, and mutual support. Constant employment of adults separates them from the essence of the problems of development and education and from the opportunity to improve their own level of pedagogical knowledge and skills. It is the period of preschool childhood that requires close contact and interaction between children and parents. As part of the consideration of the problem of parental education, the sources of scientific literature of psychological and pedagogical orientation were analyzed. In the process of analyzing the scientific literature, different approaches to the definition of "adult education", "pedagogical education and parental education" were considered, and the content of the concept of "pedagogical culture of parents" was clarified. The main tasks of psychological and pedagogical education and upbringing of parents raising preschool children were also identified. It was found that there are many objective reasons that determine the need to intensify pedagogical education and training of parents. One of the main reasons is identified, which is the need to transfer to parents effective practical experience in the development, education and training of preschool children. Based on the study of psychological and pedagogical literature, it was determined that adult education and parental education is the main condition for improving their pedagogical culture and the effectiveness of partnership between preschool and family. It was found that the process of pedagogical education contributes to the enrichment of parents’ knowledge about the peculiarities of preschool children, their basic needs and potential opportunities, as well as practical skills in organizing the process of development, education and training of the child.