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Rola ojca w rodzinie dziecka z niepełnosprawnością
Role of the father in the family of a disabled child

Author(s): Ewelina Waligóra
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: father; family; socialization; education; development

Summary/Abstract: The family is the basic social unit in which child-rearing process takes a long period of time. In this process presence of a father as well as mother and their mutual support is extremely important despite the difference between the roles they perform. In pedagogy there are no significant studies concerning father’s role in the family and his role in child-rearing process, which may suggest stereotyped attitude to the introduced problem. In the following article the issue of father’s role in the family and functions he performs in his offspring upbringing from ancient to modern times has been raised. Furthermore, the article presents father’s influence on child’s development and consequences of his absence in rearing process.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 57-66
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish