THE PHENOMENON OF PARENTHOOD AND FEATURES OF SOCIALIZATION OF CHILDREN OF SENIOR PRESCHOOL AGE IN THE SPACE OF COMMUNICATION WITH ADULTS AND COEVALS

Abstract

Modern psychology is particularly relevant to the study of the phenomenon of parenthood in a changing, transitive social context. The study of parenthood requires a systematic approach, including the study of not only the nature of the relationship of parents to their children, the style characteristics of education, but also the image, social ideas about parenthood in modern society. The image of an ideal parent within a certain social context determines the main value orientations for the implementation of parental functions and sets the norms for interaction with children. Characteristics of parenthood have a specific impact on various aspects of socialization in the space of communication between the child and adults and coevals, determining the successful nature of the child’s socialization as a whole. As a result of the study, it was found that such indicators of parenthood as acceptance of oneself as a parent, consistency in the image of parenthood, authority and the ability to manage the state of the child are associated with the success of the child’s socialization in the space of communication with a social adult. Such indicators as the degree of acceptance, emotional sensitivity of the parent to the child, adequate expectations in relation to the child are associated with the success of the child’s socialization in the space of socialization with coevals.