Aims: The main aims of this research were: to show the differences in the quality of life between healthy children and parents whose children suffer from epilepsy; to show the differences in the quality of life between parents whose children suffer from idiopathic epilepsy and those whose children suffer from symptomatic epilepsy ,and finally, to show differences in how families whose children suffer from idiopathic epilepsy function towards families of children suffering from symptomatic epilepsy. Methods: This research was made in the second half of the year 2016 in the county of Split, Dalmatia (Croatia). People included in this research were parents (n=104), out of which were parents of healthy children (n=35), parents of children who were diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy (n=32) and parents of children with symptomatic epilepsy (n=37). The participants filled in a questionnaire which included identification questions, questions regarding the illness of a child, questions regarding health care, questions regarding the effect of epilepsy on everyday functioning of an ill child and the family, as well as functioning with the surrounding, and a standardized Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF36) along with the scale of life quality regarding both the parent and the child. An individual answer analysis was used with descriptive questions, and with the analysis of health status SF36 questionnaire, descriptive statistic parameters were used. Furthermore, a comparison of values of dimensions of quality was done along with t-test as a measure of determining statistically important differences. Results: Parents whose children suffer from epilepsy have, statistically, lower quality of life in comparison to parents whose children suffer from epilepsy within all the dimensions of SF36 questionnaire, except for the social interaction aspect. Those parents whose children suffer from symptomatic epilepsy have a significant lower quality of life when compared to parents whose children suffer from idiopathic epilepsy within all the dimensions of SF36 questionnaire. Functioning within a family with symptomatic epilepsy is deteriorated in comparison to functioning within a family with a child suffering from idiopathic epilepsy. Conclusion: A child with epilepsy has a negative influence on the quality of life of parents and normal family functioning. A negative correlation between the heaviness of the child's illness and the parents' quality of life has been confirmed.