The family home as an area of interest of contemporary family pedagogy

Family pedagogy focuses its interests around the issue of family upbringing, emphasizing the role of family and family home in human life. The article presents the role of family home in child’s life as the place of deep experiences, closeness and ties between the closest members of the family. The family home should create conditions for the proper development of the child and influence the form of childhood. The research concerning the family home shows that it is perceived by children from the angle of the atmosphere prevailing in it (unfavourable atmosphere arouses the feeling of loneliness, favourable atmosphere gives the sense of emotional security, makes the family home a safe home)