Today we live in a modern society in which digitalization is all around us. The development of new media has changed the way children communicate, learn and spend their free time. Digital media play an increasingly important role in children's daily lives and therefore have a significant impact on children's reading habits outside of school. The way and purpose of reading has changed. As a result, children and students today are reading fewer and fewer books and spending more and more time reading on digital screens. In addition, most children read content on the internet and social networks via digital media, and only a few read high-quality content such as digital books or picture books. There are numerous reasons why it is important for children to read, especially in today's digital world. Parents are increasingly concerned and therefore try to keep their children away from new media, but the use of digital media has both positive and negative aspects. The aim of this thesis was therefore to investigate the impact of digital media on the extracurricular reading of younger school-age children, focusing on the positive or negative impact. The research collected data on the frequency of reading printed materials and content on digital media, the amount of time children spend reading this content and materials, and the types of printed materials and digital media they read most frequently. As parents know best what their children do in their free time, the main aim of the research was to find out parents' views on the impact of digital media on their children's reading outside of school. 150 parents of younger school-age children in four promary schools in Osijek took part in the research: Fran Krste Frankopan Primary School, Ljudevit Gaj Primary School, August Šenoa Primary School and Tin Ujević Primary School. The data was collected using an online questionnaire.