The article discusses one of the most important functions of the Kazakh family – education. Family education is defined as a kind of stable social institution, which is the closeness of people, kinship, life together, which contributes to the formation and development of relations between family members. These relationships also have the advantages of family education and cannot be replaced by any other type of parenting. Family upbringing is a system of upbringing and education, provided under the influence of parents and other relatives in a real family situation. The personal example of parents and adults plays a special role in fostering good behavior in a child. Family education is a dynamically developing branch of pedagogical science, an integral part and subject of individual education. Family education – describes the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities on the general and methodological foundations of family education in the system of spiritual, moral and social values, the content and methods of family education, ways of effectively organizing family education, raising and improving children, as well as improving quality.