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The Value System and Parental Behaviour in Interaction with Children

In this paper we focus our attention on the value system of parents and their behaviour in the interaction with children. We are interested in the consistency of the value system and parental behaviour and their influence on the development of the child autonomy. Our basic hypotheses are: 1. parental value system and parents' educational practice are primary determiners of the influence on the child's behaviour and development ; 2. general activity and the degree of the child autonomy are in correletion with the "directiveness" of educational measures ; 3. parental variable behaviour (incoherence in the value orientation and behaviour) cousses discontinuity in the development of autonomy. These hypotheses are based on the comprehension of parental beliefs (implicit pedagogy) as a basic value orientation and a specific criterion of properties as well as the comprehension of social and interactive nature of the cognitive and social development. Parental orientation to a social adaptability of a child i.e. conformity implies implicitly an external authority, directiveness, obedience, concurrence with external standards. Parental orientation towards the autonomy of a child means accepting of a child's initiative, independent decisions, possibility of "self-control" practice, and accepting resposnsibility as well as mutual learning/teaching.

parental value system; parental behaviour; parent-child interaction; child’s autonomy

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