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This study aimed to identify the relationship between parental culture and preventive education for children towards watching television programs, and the descriptive correlational approach was used, to study the relationship, according to demographic variables, based on the analysis of a questionnaire for the culture of parents, and an observation form for the resulting behaviors in children, designed by the researcher, on a sample consisting of (40) parents of kindergarten children, from the age of (4-6) years, were selected randomly, and the results of the study showed acceptance of the null hypothesis that states a strong positive relationship Between the culture of parents and the preventive education of children towards watching television programs at the level of significance 0.05, in all axes of the preventive education scale and its relationship to the cultural level of parents, and the alternative hypothesis was rejected, which states that there is no relationship between the culture of parents and the preventive education of children at the level of significance 0.05, and the high percentage of education among parents and that the impact of the mother's culture in preventive trends exceeds the impact of the father, and the study showed the importance of parents' participation in children in watching television programs, especially with the increase in the number of channels The results of the study indicate the importance of parents linking what children watch and situations in practical life, and the family, especially the mother, must determine the type of programs that children watch, as they are found at home longer than the father, and the need for parents to monitor what children watch, and their participation and discussion of what they watch their children to indicate and promote positive behavior, and to indicate negative behavior and warn against it, and the researcher also reached several recommendations for parents, the most important of which is to pay attention to the importance of the culture of the father and mother The study showed their contribution to building their children's personality, culture and positive behavioral habits .