The family is the basic unit of society, the child's first contact with consciousness and the first stop on the path of growth. Family and relationships within the family are the foundation of healthy personal development. In a family environment, the child begins the first experience, based on parental behavior, forms opinions and attitudes, and develops his personal potential and social relationships. Therefore, the relationship between family and parents is the most important factor in the development of an individual and his overall personalities. What kind of person will become a child depends on it, an adult will become a parent. Great changes have taken place in family life and family communities. More and more divorces, extramarital affairs, single-parent families, families with two moms or two dads. The aim of this paper is to show the way of functioning of alternative families - Rainbow families, the way in which children who are part of such families are treated.