Therapeutic stories in child upbringing are used to restore balance and regulate the child's behavior. Experts point out the positive effects of using therapeutic stories on child development. The aim of this paper was to examine the parent's opinion on the application of therapeutic stories and picture books in the child's upbringing. The study was conducted on a sample of 198 parents in the area of Rijeka and its surroundings, Duga Resa and Sveta Nedjelja. Scales of good metric characteristics have been constructed. To greater extent parents are dedicated to reading and telling stories and they know the positive effects of the story and declare mediocre participation in education and follow educational editions and literature for parenting and educators and associates mediocre encourage and advise them on the use of children's literature with educational goals. To a greater extent, they have experienced the positive effects of stories on the behavior of a child. They tell stories and picture books one to two times a month and borrow stories, therapeutic stories, and problem pictures, two or three times a year. The results point to the need to systematically educate parents for the use of therapeutic stories, and as one of the forms is information from preschool teachers in educational institutions. Recommendations are given for parents on how to read and tell the story to a child and there are recommended forms of activities that can be carried out after the story is told.