The purpose of this research is to understand how parents guide their children to solve mathematical problems with male and female agents. The research participants were 14 pairs of preschool children and their parents. Data collection included the first observation of how parents guided their children to solve problems, parents' responses to the self-regulation interview questions, the second observation of how parents guided their children to solve problems, parents' reflective feedback, and the researcher's observation records. The research adopted qualitative methods to analyze data. The analysis results found that there were three types of parent guidance, which were parents considered 1. both mathematics and problem agents in both observations, 2. only mathematics in both observations, and 3. either mathematics or problem agents, with differences in both observations. The research results can be used as a reference for future parents to guide children to solve problems.