The aim of this thesis was to examine the level of self-assessed pedagogical competence of mothers from socially deprived families using the questionnaire Scale of perception of parental competence for the parental role (SAKORU, 1992) by author Gustović - Ercegovac. Also, the aim was to examine the connection between the level of pedagogical competence of mothers and certain socio-demographic characteristics. With additional nine questions, data were collected on age, gender, employment status, professional qualification, source of income, receipt of social assistance, housing status, number and age of children in the family. 76 mothers from socially deprived families participated in the research, most of whom are recipients of social assistance. The average age of the participants was 38 years. The results obtained from this research indicate a low level of self-assessed level of pedagogical competence of mothers, which raises many questions related to the quality of upbringing and parent-child relationships within families of lower socioeconomic status. Also, it was shown that in mothers there is a significant connection between the overall result on the scale and the level of income, while other sociodemographic characteristics were not significantly correlated with the overall results.