A child's entry into primary school is an important life event for parents that is accompanied not just by the child’s expectations but also those of the parents themselves. We have attempted to interpret them in the present study, which presents the results of a quantitative research investigation conducted through random multi-stage stratified sampling based on analysing relevant surveys and building on the authors' previous qualitative investigations. The sample studied was 504 parents of pupils in Years 1 and 2 who attended selected primary schools in the 2020/2021 school year. The main data collection tool was an online questionnaire that mapped primary school choice strategies and parents' expectations of the school, schooling, and teachers. These factors were then examined in relation to the variable choice of an educational program and parents' attitudes toward education (an academic approach versus a personalistic one). We found that parents' expectations of school choice are principally divided according to whether respondents believe school should fulfil the more traditional role of education or whether they prefer their children to develop their personalities and seek an alternative educational program or school for their offspring.

The contribution deals with the possibilities of dyslexia remedy. It aims to help pupils from the 1st stage of elementary schools in family. It describes factors determining this process in family, e.g. parents education, the number of schoolchildren. .. It describes family possibilities while eliminating dyslexic hardships.

The contribution analyzes the most important risks of the present youth subcultures and the opportunities for social work and social pedagogy with regard to the problems of youth subcultures. The basic characteristics of youth subcultures is described as well as their social development, types and forms. The central meaning is inscribed to the possibilities of interdisciplinary coaction of social pedagogy and social work when solving specific problems of youth subcultures in the process of socialization during free time or at the penetration of social deviations. A specific attention is paid to the definition of the professional roles of social workers and social pedagogues in relation to the risky youth subcultures.

The family and all the types of social behaviour that were directly associated with it, its stability and sacred dimension created the natural and obvious world of the social life, the fundamental reality of culture that once for all became the “symbolic structure of reference” when man, in his/her adult life, was improving family experiences in a creative way, as well as when he/she was denying them. In the situation of axiological turmoil of culture, the family starts to be losing its privileged position in the structures of the social world. The significance of its existence as the fundamental group and social institution, the environment for social personality maturation becomes weaker. It is more and more common that family understood in a traditional way becomes unnecessary in the contemporary world. Demographic crisis is first of all the crisis of values and the crisis of the man as a value; the crisis of the family that is the natural educational environment. The future of every society depends on the state of its family. The question concerning the shape of the family is the question of the shape of the society, the nation and the State.

Moral Education in the Family Within the Sociopedagogical Narrative

It is in the family that the goals of religious and moral upbringing are realized most strongly, and the family is the most important place for religious and moral formation. In the present sociopedagogical analysis, we will highlight some possibilities and difficulties in moral upbringing, both from a sociological perspective and in the light of pedagogical reflection. Such discussions are important in view of the ongoing deconstruction of many of the values and norms hitherto prevailing in societies and the weakening of moral education processes in the family. Moral upbringing – considered from a sociological point of view – leads to such a stage of personality development, where the individual decides on the moral value of his or her actions, on what is right or wrong, honest or dishonest, based on the moral principles, goals and ideals commonly recognized in a given culture.

Individualization Processes in the Family

The article is a generalized reflection on the moral condition of the modern family, with particular emphasis on the Polish family. Against the background of the classical view of the family, the processes of individualization in the modern family, both in general and specific dimensions, have been presented. Our discussion based on the findings of one’s own and other sociologists’ research indicate the slow processes of detraditionalization and individualization of marital and family life, as well as its internal secularization. We assume that the collected empirical data essentially reflects the actual views, opinions, preferences and attitudes of Polish youth and provides a good sociological portrait of both the young and older generation of Poles. The article mainly contains some generalizations based on empirical research.

The objective of this study is to identify the socio-educational needs in childhood with congenital heart disease. Our study was carried out using a multi-method, it combines quantitative and qualitative data collected in Catalonia (Spain). The results obtained from the questionnaires and interviews with education professionals, children with congenital heart disease and their families have enabled us to establish categories. Analysis of these has provided knowledge of their socioeducational needs. This article highlights the need to consider this impact as well as its psychosocial and educational effect, and the need to focus school education on improving their quality of life.

The paper analyses the consequences of transformation processes in the Slovak family since 1989 till present. Particular attention is paid to the consequences of unemployment in the Slovak family, which has been manifested in economic problems; then to demographic changes in the Slovak family, chiefly involved in the decline in marriage and birth rates and increase in divorce rates and other problems.

„A capital marriage” – about the potential of mixed marriages in the context of the theory of social and cultural capital

The leading subject matter of this study is the theory of social and cultural capital in the context of the functioning of mixed marriages and multicultural families that they constitute. Two parts are distinguished in my study. In the first one, the theoretical foundations are described of the introduced concepts of capital – the theories of P. Bourdieu, J. S. Coleman, R. Putnam and F. Fukuyama are referred to. In the second part, selected threads are discussed of the research into mixed marriages in relation to the theory of social and cultural capital. The study is aimed at indicating the importance of social and cultural capital rooted in the realities of family life on the example of mixed marriages and their families. The application of the theory of social capital helps to explain the phenomena occurring in social life. The presented study is an attempt to distinguish the elements that build intra-family capital, which translates into shaping intra-family relationships and influencing the external environment. Due attention was also paid to the issues of language and communication within and outside the family, as well as contacts with religion, tradition and customs in the situation of daily experience of diversity by members of multicultural marriages and families.

Ireland’s March 2024 Constitutional Referendums. Has Ireland Taken a Step Back?

In Ireland, the institution of referendum is an important means of shaping the country’s political reality. As a result, the sovereign expresses his opinion on the most important issues, including changes to the constitution. Since the act was passed in 1937, citizens have voted on 40 amendments, 11 of which have been rejected. The last time this happened was on March 8, 2024. The 39 Amendment to the Constitution proposed to change the content of art. 41 so that it takes into account a broader concept of family. The purpose of amending Amendment No. 40 was expanding the concept of family care. The analysis presented in the text aims to present the circumstances that led to the rejection of the government’s proposal to change the constitution in the referendum. The research used primarily the legal and dogmatic method, as well as the decision-making and behavioral methods.