2022, Volume 18, Issue 1
The importance of religious values in family upbringing
Adam Podolski1, Magda Urbańska1
1Institute of Pedagogy, College of Social Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Author for correspondence: Adam Podolski; Institute of Pedagogy, College of Social Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland; email: apodolsk@ur.edu.pl
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Abstract
The situation of the Polish family on the threshold of the third millennium prompted me to have scientific reflection. The socio-economic transformation in Poland has adversely affected the existential and moral condition of the family. This is particularly evident in terms of the hierarchy of family goals, where the main good is not the durability of the family but the material standard of living.
Increased efforts to secure life needs and lack of time for oneself have led to the weakening family relationships, superficial contacts and decline of the ability to be together.
A dangerously liberal attitude towards norms and traditional values can be observed. It manifests itself in the growing number of divorces, discussions on abortion and contraception, advocating life in cohabitation and life for pleasure.
The weakened moral condition of the family significantly affects its educational function.
A young man, lonely in the family, left to the technical devices and mass media, is exposed to a number of threats whose sources are undoubtedly in the family and the modern world.
The most dangerous threat he/she faces is a feeling of existential emptiness, lack of sense and a decrease in the value of life.
The subject of this scientific essay concerns the importance of religious values in the educational process of modern parents and is related to the innovative agonological concept of complementary impact on all dimensions of health and the ability to survive.
Key words: educational process, effective educator, innovative agonology
