Parenting Upbringing and Communication in Modern Conditions

Abstract

Characteristics of the modern family influence the change in understanding of the child, childhood and educational procedures, and are conditioned by social changes and changes in the value system. Global, economic, social, moral and other changes lead to changes in the family, to problems and challenges of how to respond to the needs of modern education today? Life philosophies of individualism and possibilities of freedom of choice change the roles of man, woman and child resulting in changes in partner and parental life forms and in interpersonal relationships. The focus of the paper is on parenting, a complex process important for the overall development of the child. The trust and cooperation of parents for responsible parental roles in the upbringing of a child is an interpersonal process and recent literature defines it as co-parenting. Competent parents are ready for the challenges of the 21st century parenting and are open to learning. The aim of the paper is a theoretical analysis of responsible parenting and a presentation of research results on the beliefs, characteristics of behaviour and communication of parents and specificity of parental roles.