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This study is conducted to identify parents’ perceptions of primary school students regarding their children's use of Moodle as a learning management system, and then to determine the challenges they face while using it. The researchers used a descriptive survey approach to conduct this research. Researchers distributed 384 questionnaires among parents, in order to achieve the study’s objectives. The findings of the study indicated that the level of satisfaction experienced by the parents of primary school students regarding the utilization of Moodle in educational settings was of a moderate degree (3.19), and the level of difficulty experienced by primary school students in terms of the obstacles encountered by their parents while utilizing Moodle in educational settings was of a mean value of (3.73). This study recommended that further research be conducted in this area, as well as policymakers and school leaders have to pay attention to students’ age, training, and educating them on the distance education importance, and enhancing e-learning management systems’ uses with their multiple capabilities because of the many benefits that serve the educational process. Additionally, this study recommended that further research be conducted regarding this topic including experimental studies. (Published abstract)