INTRODUCTION Many patients in maintenance treatment programs for opioid dependence are parents to underage children. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore how parents who are regular patients in maintenance treatment perceive their parenthood. METHODS The study used a qualitative approach. The informants were recruited by staff at a substance abuse clinic in Sweden. Criteria for in...

It is clear that a variable number of teenage mothers have, to some extent, planned parenthood. From an evolutionary perspective, it could be argued that teenage childbearing may in fact be a positive adaptive mechanism for humans raised in a hostile environment. Life history theory suggests that in risky and uncertain environments the optimal reproductive strategy is to reproduce early in orde...

Parental responsibility brings important values and feelings to life for both mother father. New experience combines with giving commitment. Parenthood becomes particularly difficult when a child is incapable of living alone. In such situations, parents refer the perspective love concentrate on progress in child’s development. Writing this article, author aimed at describing parenthood, perform...

The article deals with the actual problem of parental tolerance as a systemic phenomenon and one important components parenthood. study is devoted to identifying features psychological content in upbringing preschool primary school children (childhood age). novelty methodology lies application system-activity approach, well use number author’s methods. Results: relation raised childhood charact...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy and the transition to parenthood are major adjustment periods within a family. Existing studies have asked parents, retrospectively, about their experience of antenatal education, mainly focusing on women. We sought to address this gap by asking first-time mothers and their partners about how they could be better supported during the antenatal period, particularly in relati...

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,...