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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS IMPORTANCE OF OLDER GENERATIONS IN LIVES OF TODAY ´ S FAMILIES

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS IMPORTANCE OF OLDER GENERATIONS IN LIVES OF TODAY ´ S FAMILIES ?. Leona Stašová Eliška Křišíková University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. What role do the grandparents play in contemporary family life ?

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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS IMPORTANCE OF OLDER GENERATIONS IN LIVES OF TODAY ´ S FAMILIES

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  1. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS IMPORTANCE OF OLDER GENERATIONS IN LIVES OF TODAY´S FAMILIES? Leona Stašová Eliška Křišíková University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  2. What role do thegrandparents play in contemporaryfamilylife? What are therelationshipsofchildren and theirgrandparents?

  3. What role can play grandparentsforyoungergenerations in thefamilylife? (viewofpsychologists, sociologists, philosophers, educators, etc.) Grandparents as: • Source oflearning in basic knowledge • Source ofinspiration and ofinstruction in the area ofrelationships, socialinteractionsand communication • Patternsofperceptionofothers and appropriateempathy • Emotional support, help in criticalmoments • Natural pattern, idealofauthority • Support fortheadoptionofstandards, rituals, traditions and values • Fosterparents and primaryeducators • Economic support • …..

  4. Whatisthe reality? ?

  5. Contextof: • Individualizationand fragmentationoffamilylife, disruptionofsometraditionalfamilyties • Demographicchanges(higherlifeexpectancy, higherage by childbirth, time distance betweengenerations) • Increasinggeneration gap (changingculture and society, technologies´ development, differentvalues and norms)

  6. Relationshipsofgenerationstoday? Survey 2010 • Respondentswerechildrenaged 12-13 years (104 respondents) and youngpeopleaged 16-18 years (98 respondents). • Fromthisnumbertherewere 137 women (67.8 %) and 65 men (32.2 %). • 202 questionnaireswereprocessed in total. • Everybody had at least onegrandparent. •  44,6% ofrespondents had bothmaternal and paternalgrandaparents

  7. „Are theredifferencies in relationshipsbetweenchildren and theirgrandparentsaccording to theirlivingarrangements?“ Living togetherin onehousehold x separately

  8. Intensity ofcontactswithgrandparents • 87,1% ofrespondentswere in contactwithoneofthegrandparents • 38,1% meettheirgrandparentseveryday (mostlybecauseofthe joint household) Interestin meeting grandparents more often

  9. 2) Waysofcontactwithgrandparents

  10. chatting(49 %) houseworkand gardening (18 %) watchingTV (6%) shopping (5%) somethingelse (5%) (walkingthe dog, talkingaboutmoney, playingcards, goingfortrips, learning on thecomputer and theInternet, etc.) 3% ofrespondentsstatedspendingtimewithsomekindof hobby 3) Leisuretimewithgrandparents

  11. 4) Contentofcommunication • Girls x grandmothers– housework, cooking, recipes, family, friends, relatives • Girls x grandfathers– youthofgrandfathers, WorldWar II, communism, school, boys • Boys x grandmothers– school, sports, girlfriends, parents • Boys x grandfathers– technologies, do-ityourself, history, girls 20,3% ofrespondentswerefullysatisfiedwiththecontentofcommunication 2,5% fully not satisfied

  12. 5) Evaluationofrelationships´quality

  13. 6) Grandparents as a pattern/idol (in %)

  14. Conclusion • Grandparents are valuablefamilymembers no matterwhatistheliving arrangement. (Thechildrenneedgrandparents but do thegrandparentswant to begrandparents?) • No effectofthelivingarrangements on thequalityofrelationships - possibility to use themodern media forintergenerationalcommunication • Closeconnectionofgenerationalattitudes to thefamilyclimate and attitudesofparentstowardsthegrandparents – (theworsesituation in thepaternal line) • …………………………….

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