Abstract: Well-conducted education relies on the joint efforts of family, school, government and society. Family education is an organic part of comprehensive education reform, and its legislation provides the basic system guarantee for its implementation. Based on the retrospective research on related policies, the process of family education legislation in China can be divided into three stages according to the typical policy documents: from the establishment of basic norms to the formation of basic systems, and then to the family education legislation. The characteristics of its implementation can be summarized as system reform, mechanism innovation and rule establishment, which are respectively manifested in the gradual transition from mass organization work to government work, from the parent education to school cooperation, and from rules and regulations to legislative promotion. The legislative content and implementation path are concentrated in the form of “four combinations”, that is, the combination of family education and social development by precise implementation; the combination of family education and school education by home-school cooperation; the combination of family education and family construction by focusing on family style; and the combination of family education and teaching by words and deeds to realize scientific teaching.

Key words: family education, legislation of family education, education policy study