PRAYER AND MORAL EDUCATION OF EARLY AND PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN CHRISTIAN FAMILY

Obitelj, Crkva i društvo tri su najvažnije društvene instance međusobno povezane i upućene jedna na drugu. Crkva treba obitelj, kao što i obitelj treba Crkvu, a obje imaju svoju posebnu ulogu i poslanje u suvremenom društvu. Stoga se u prvom dijelu ovoga rada posebna pozornost usredotočuje na značaj kršćanske obitelji u Crkvi i suvremenom društvu, obrazlažu početci i daljnji tijek te specifičnosti vjerskog odgoja djece rane i predškolske dobi, kao i doprinos župne zajednice u promicanju obiteljskih vrijednosti prema nauku Katoličke Crkve. Polazeći od tumačenja ključnog pojma moralnog odgoja u drugom je dijelu teorijski objašnjen njegov značaj u moralnom ponašanju i rasuđivanju te moralnom razvoju djeteta predškolske dobi s popratnim moralnim poteškoćama. U trećem dijelu rada promišlja se o povezanosti kršćanske molitve i moralnog odgoja s pripadajućim utjecajem na cjelokupan vjerski odgoj predškolskog djeteta s posebnim imperativom za kršćansku obitelj.Family, Church and society are the three most important social instances. They are interconnected and directed at each other. The Church needs family, just as the family needs the Church, and both have their own special role and mission in contemporary society. Therefore, the first part of this paper is focused on the importance of the Christian family in the Church and contemporary society. It explains the beginnings, further course and specifics of religious education of children of early and preschool age, as well as the contribution of the parish community in promoting family values according to the teaching of the Church. Starting from the interpretation of the key concept of moral education, the second part theoretically explains its significance through moral behavior and reasoning and the moral development of a preschool child with accompanying moral difficulties. The third part discusses the connection between Christian prayer and moral education with the correlated influence on the overall religious education of a preschool child with a special imperative for the Christian family