PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST DEVIANT PARENTHOOD IN INCOMPLETE FAMILIES

Abstract

The relevance of studying the problem of preventive measures against deviant parenthood in
incomplete families is predetermined by the necessity to minimize the risks of various
difficulties that aggravate the unfavourable tendencies in fulfillment of parent functions
(maltreatment of the child, hypo- and hyperprotection etc.).
The objective of the paper is to describe the innovative experience of a psychological and
pedagogical support of incomplete families under conditions of a preschool educational
organization to settle the problems of preventing deviant parenthood.
The specific nature of the problem under study required to use the experiment as the leading
method that provides a possibility to reveal the specific nature of child-parent relationships in
incomplete families, and also to justify the peculiarities of a psycho-pedagogical support of
single parents within the frameworks of activity of a family club “You and Me - a Happy
Family.”
Based on the generalized experience of activities of the family club, a conclusion was made
concerning the necessity to correct the parental attitudes, help to elaborate the optimal
strategies of the parent’s bahaviour with due account for the individual features of a child and
form a positive experience of a joint creative activity of children and adults. A specific
feature of arranging cooperation of a preschool educational organization and an incomplete
family is an individual approach based on making their socio-pedagogic characteristic, and
solution of a problem of incomplete families through joining the efforts of different
specialists from a preschool educational organization and its social partners.
The materials of a paper can be useful for teachers and psychologists working in a system of
preschool education.