In connection with child raising, we are more and more often hearing words such as feeble parental education, children's indulgence, overprotection, loss of authority, etc. How much are these phenomena present in the family is quite dependent on the parenting style used by parents. Theoretical part of the master's thesis begins with the definition of concepts that help to understand the function of the family and its influence on the child's development. The work focuses primarily on the dysfunctional families, as well as the risk factors that influence the occurrence of problematic behaviour of children. Hereinafter the thesis defines parenting styles and their connection to the development of emotional behavioural disorders and difficulties with children. At the end of the theoretical part there are highlighted characteristics of residential care institutions, children included in their programs, the work of care workers and their influence on education.
In the empirical part, the master's thesis identifies the characteristics of the families of children in residential care institutions, which parenting styles did the children receive in residential care institutions in their primary family, as recognized by care workers, and how that influences the educational approaches of care workers. The study uses a descriptive method and a quantitative research approach. A questionnaire is used as a technique of data collection and the research includes care workers employed in residential care institutions with a length of service of more than ten years.
The findings show that children in residential care institutions mostly come from families with separated parents who are most often confronted with feeble parental education, unemployment and financial problems. Care workers in these families most often perceive a permissive parenting style, but it is closely followed by other parenting styles. Nevertheless, almost all care workers who participated in the research find that parenting styles have changed over the last ten years and more, and so today permissive and overly indulgent parenting is noticeable in more and more families. In accordance with these findings almost all care workers state that during this period educational approaches in the work with children and their families have changed considerably.
Findings from the research could be very important for dealing with problems of children involved in residential care institutions, and for further planning of programs and effective work of care workers.
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