Motywy założenia rodziny oraz wychowanie dzieci w opinii mieszkańców województwa podkarpackiego i małopolskiego

Abstract

The aim of the article is to describe the motives of having children (starting a family) and the values that the surveyed parents want to teach their children. Efforts were also made to present the similarities and differences in upbringing in the respondents’ family of procreation and origin. The article presents the results of qualitative and quantitative research carried out among the residents of the Podkarpackie and Małopolskie voivodships. The procreative motives of the respondents are related to their perception of having children as a ‘natural order of things,’ as an element of reaching a certain point in life. There are some differences in the motives for having children. Older parents more often emphasized that having children was a social obligation and expectation, the fulfillment of which was a natural consequence of getting married. Younger parents indicated the need to have children in terms of completing their lives, making conscious choices and decisions, and self-fulfillment. The most important values that parents try to convey to their children are honesty, truthfulness, sincerity and respect for others. Some of the interlocutors pointed to the differences in upbringing in the family of origin and procreation. Some of the interviewees pointed to the differences in upbringing in the family of origin and procreation.