The family forms the child's outlook, its attitude to the outside world. Common
housekeeping influences the level of material security, the possibility of self-realization
of the individual, his tastes, preferences, value orientations, culture. In family, the child
acquires different skills and abilities, including important for future life, skills of
human communication. Gradually it forms the experience of family life, attitude
towards the family. Modern families are diverse, and from the one in which the child
lives, depends on what content the process of forming her personality is filled.
The family is also the personal life and development of the child, which
determines her lifestyle in society.
Features of this environment are characterized by the following parameters:
- socio-cultural (refers to the educational level of parents, their participation in
public life, the characteristic level of family culture, which, among other things, is
determined by respect for the personality of the child, awareness of the influence of the
family atmosphere on its formation, taking into account this when communicating);
- socio-economic (meaning the material security of the family, the workload of
the parents at work);
- technical-hygienic (characterizing living conditions, housing availability, etc.);
- demographic (expressed in the structure and size of family) [1].
Conventionally, families are divided into prosperous and disadvantaged.
M. P. Volkova proposes the following classification of families according to the
criterion of prosperous - disadvantaged.
A prosperous family is a family with a high level of inner-family morality,
spirituality, coordination and cooperation, mutual support and mutual assistance, with
rational ways to solve family problems.
Humanity in relationships, ability to love and respect to each other ensure her
prosperity. There is a high coordination of actions in solving intra-family problems;
mutual respect and mutual understanding form a positive moral atmosphere. A child
feels equally in a family group: she is loved, but not pampered, attracted to family
labor, while taking into account her personal interests and needs.
The material security and the educational level of parents contribute to the
strengthening of friendship between parents and children and their willingness to spend
their free time together. In confidential communication to solve all issues of family
life. Children appreciate the advice of parents, imitate their personal example. In a
normal family atmosphere, the child grows benevolent, humane, calm and optimistic.
It has such valuable social qualities as kindness, mutual respect, and sense of
confidence. Modern prosperous families also have certain features: some parents try
not so much to “form” the child's personality, discipline it, how much to help in its
individual development, to achieve emotional unity, understanding, compassion; the
goal of other parents is to prepare a child for life through the training of her will,
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