The aim of my thesis was to find out how the current family of preschool children works, with emphasis on the father's role in the family. In the theoretical part I have focused on the problems of current families, gender issues, respectively gender stereotypes, the importance of a father in a child's socialization process, the influence of the father on the child's upbringing. In the theoretical part, I have also followed up the issues of the kindergarten cooperation with family, with emphasis on the role of the father in it. The empirical part of the dissertation has two levels. The first one is the status of the father in the current family, the second level relates to how kindergarten teachers perceive fathers and their involvement in co-operation with kindergarten.