Young People’s Readiness for Parenthood

Formation of University Students’ Readiness for Parenthood

Forming students’ readiness for family life involves the formation of their readiness for responsible parenthood. The aim of the study was the theoretical basis and experimental testing of the training program to form the students’ readiness for parenthood. The article deals with the relevance of the problem, defining parenting in psychological, educational, social and philosophical literature,...

Parenthood and Leaving Home in Young Adulthood.

With increases in nonmarital fertility, the sequencing of transitions in early adulthood has become even more complex. Once the primary transition out of the parental home, marriage was first replaced by nonfamily living and cohabitation; more recently, many young adults have become parents before entering a coresidential union. Studies of leaving home, however, have not examined the role of ea...

Young mothers, first time parenthood and exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya.

Breastfeeding behaviour is explored in Kenya using data collected in the town of Eldoret, Kenya. This paper specifically examines duration of exclusive breastfeeding among young mothers below 20 years of age as compared to older cohorts. Additionally, focus is laid on the effect of first time motherhood and breastfeeding difficulties on exclusive breastfeeding. Results show that Eldoret mothers...

Elderly Peoples’ Perception of Young People – A Preliminary Study

BACKGROUND Aging is becoming a more noticeable phenomenon in Poland and Europe. We analysed the perception of youth by elderly and compared attitudes of students of the University of the Third Age (SU3A) with nursing homes residents (NHR) to young people. METHODS Our questionnaire was distributed to 140 people over the age of 50 (70 SU3A and 70 NHR). RESULTS 85.0% of all respondents answere...

Preparing for parenthood.