A musically stimulating environment is a prerequisite for the child’s interaction with musical content, which is necessary for the child’s musical development. The first and most important environment for a child is the family, where the parents or guardians meet the child’s needs and create the necessary conditions for the development of the child’s full potential. This study aims to determine the factors of parental influence on the child’s musical development and based on the analysis of the results of 19 empirical studies, to answer how parents influence the child’s musical development. The research review revealed a division into two developmental periods. From birth to starting school, parents can promote the child’s musical development by actively making music with the child, especially singing, and by creating favorable socioeconomic conditions for the child's musical activity. Since the musical development of school-age children up to adolescence is observed through musical performances that require long-term specialized musical training and education, the role of parents in promoting this development is achieved through their support and involvement in the child’s musical training and education. At the same time, socioeconomic status and the parents’ musical activity are key factors in a child's musical development. Due to the relatively small number of correlational studies found and the different methods used in the available studies, which make it difficult to conclude the nature of parental influence on a child’s musical development, the conclusion is that this area of research is very complex and has not yet been sufficiently explored.