Preparation of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care for family life

Children living in boarding institutions are deprived of the possibility of mastering the social roles of family life, which complicates the entry into an adult self-life, creates difficulties in creating and maintaining a family, so the issues of preparing this category of children to family life are relevant and socially requested. The purpose of the research is to test experimentally the program of training orphan college students for family life. The research tasks are to familiarize with the basic concepts of socio-moral, motivational, psychological and pedagogical readiness for family life; to form the skills of interpersonal interaction in the family, a conscious attitude towards the education of future children. Methodology and methods of the research: the provisions on the preparation of children to family life, the psychological characteristics of orphans, the peculiarities of education in the conditions of the boarding school formed the theoretical basis of the study. The following methods were used: test card certificate of readiness for family life by I.F. Yunda, a modified self-esteem test of N.P. Fetyskin "Gradusnik", observation, conversation. The results: The results of the study indicate the positive dynamics of the formation of the necessary skills and skills of family life, psychological readiness for the construction of family relations, the implementation of socio-role functions. Key findings: The preparation of orphans for family life should be made specially organized and focused. The assimilation of the main conceptual concepts of socio-moral, motivational, psychological and pedagogical readiness for family life has made it possible to expand the submission of students on the personal aspects of readiness for family life. The formed skills of interpersonal interaction in the family, an understanding of responsibility for the education of future children provide a more serious attitude to family creation and family life.