The paper problematizes the growing incidence of English loanwords in the language of preschool children. Linguistic borrowing as a linguistic movement has always been known, but its frequency is much more pronounced in modern times. Exposure to the mass media and globalization have put certain languages in a position of power that poses a threat to smaller languages. The Croatian language is exposed to strong borrowing from the English language. The children's language is also affected by the borrowing process. Starting from general theories about the ways in which children acquire language and their cognitive abilities to use it, we come to knowledge about the influence of a foreign language on children's language and the ways in which models and examples from a foreign language are introduced into the mother tongue. The corpus of English loanwords in children's language was collected by the method of observation and recording. The corpus provides an overview of the state of language among children of preschool and early school age. In random and spontaneously pronounced sentences, there are many borrowed words that could find their meaningful counterpart in the mother tongue. It explores at which language levels borrowing is most pronounced and in which examples. With the help of professional literature and one's own reflections, an overview is given of what is happening in children's language, why borrowing has taken place, to what extent it can be influenced and in what way. The aim is to point out the shortcomings in the transmission of linguistic heritage and to give an objective overview of the impact that global English has on our language.