TRENDS IN THE FORMATION OF CHILDREN’S VALUE POSITIONS IN MODERN FAMILIES

Abstract

The article analyses the peculiarities of modern families that influence the formation of value orientations of children brought up in them. Among the peculiarities, the author singled out the professional approach of young people in any kind of activity, aspiration for self-discovery and self-realisation, equality in the distribution of daily duties when living together, environmental friendliness in relationships, inner harmony, aspiration for material well-being. The aim of the work is to identify the key value positions of the younger generation. The research methods used include content analysis, discourse analysis, statistical data processing, synthesis. The author of the article came to the conclusion about the shift of the value paradigm from social to personal, from ‘sacrificial love’ to the creation of comfortable coexistence. The research revealed such key values as the value of professionalism and knowledge, equality, the value of fatherhood in raising children, the value of personal and material comfort. The results obtained can be applied in further research on the search for ways of effective interaction between teachers and parents with modern children, building the process of upbringing taking into account their value positions, as well as in the search for new forms of interaction with modern parents.