The increased focus on computational thinking has led to the acceptance of computer programming as one of the ways of teaching computational thinking. In 2020, Japan introduced programming education in elementary schools. To understand the current situation of parental involvement at the beginning of programming education, this study aimed to know parents' experience in being involved with programming education and their beliefs that motivated them. Parents with children in elementary school were requested to complete a survey with regard to experience in behaviors related to programming education. The outcome showed parent involvement is minimum in programming learning. [For the full proceedings, see ED638044.]