Współczesne przejawy negatywnego moralnie oddziaływania rodziców na wychowanie dzieci

Abstract

In the process of moral education of the young generation a unique place falls to parents, since the family is the natural and the first educational environment. Children watch and imitate their parents. Not only do they learn the right attitudes and behaviours from them, but they also take bad moral standards. It is highly significant to ask whether parents are the authority figure for their children. Nowadays a clear crisis of parental authority can easily be noticed. Loss of authority takes place in families affected by e.g. alcoholism, drug addiction, unemployment, workaholism, euro-orphanhood, addiction to the Internet, television and gambling. These families are referred to as dysfunctional and pathological since the good of children seems to be at risk. Therefore it is necessary to become aware of these pathologies and to provide proper prevention and promotion of morally healthy families.