Support for single-parent families in educational institutions - parents expectations

Poimanje obitelji za svakog pojedinca ima drugačije značenje koje se s vremenom mijenja, tako se danas obitelj stvara zbog emocionalne potrebe pojedinca, a ne iz razloga što to okruženje očekuje. Mnoge promjene u svijetu poput promjene društveno-političkih uređenja, modernizacije i urbanizacije dovele su do mijenjanja strukture obitelji. Tako se pred suvremeno roditeljstvo stavlja mnoštvo izazova, zadataka, ali i odgovornosti s kojima se roditelji moraju nositi. Naročito je teško onim roditeljima koji sve zahtjeve suvremenog roditeljstva moraju rješavati sami bez pomoći drugog roditelja. Mijenjaju se odnosi između žena i muškaraca u obitelji, mijenja se pogled na dijete, djetinjstvo, ali i na roditeljstvo. U društvu se sve više pojavljuju jednoroditeljske obitelji kojima je potrebna pomoć države, odgojno-obrazovnih ustanova i institucija. Svaki roditelj ima pravo na podršku, a naročito roditelji koji samostalno odgajaju svoju djecu. Tako se u teorijskom pristupu ovog istraživanja željelo osvijestiti na potrebe jednoroditeljskih obitelji, kao i na formalnu i neformalnu podršku koju bi trebale primati. Iako postoje različiti sustavi podrške unutar institucija, jednoroditeljske obitelji ne primaju je dovoljno ili je ne primaju uopće. Na temelju toga provedeno je istraživanje putem online anketnog upitnika čiji je cilj bio utvrditi percepciju roditelja iz jednoroditeljskih obitelji o podršci koju im pružaju odgojno-obrazovne ustanove. U istraživanju je sudjelovao 101 ispitanik iz Republike Hrvatske te se pokazalo kako jednoroditeljske obitelji ne primaju dovoljnu podršku od odgojno-obrazovnih ustanova. Nadalje, prema dobivenim rezultatima niti sami roditelji iz jednoroditeljskih obitelji ne sudjeluju optimalno u organiziranim oblicima rada unutar odgojno-obrazovne ustanove. Pokazuje se potreba stalnog i sustavnog rada u razvijanju opcija pomoći jednoroditeljskim obiteljima koje bi pružale odgojno-obrazovne ustanove.The understanding of family for each individual has a different meaning which changes over time, so today family is created because of the emotional need of an individual and not because of the expectations of the environment. Many world changes such as changes in socio-political arrangements, modernization and urbanization have led to changes in family structures. Therefore, modern parenting is faced with many challenges, tasks but also responsibilities that parents have to deal with. It is especially difficult for those parents who have to solve all demands of modern parenting on their own without the help of the other parent. The relations between women and men in the family are changing, the view of a child is changing, the childhood but also the view of the parenthood. The single-parent families are increasingly appearing in society who need the help of the state, the educational institutions and other institutions. Every parent has the right for support, especially parents who raise their children independently. Therefore, in the theoretical approach of this research, the aim was to raise the awareness of the single-parent family’s needs, as well as the formal and informal support they should receive. Although there are different support systems within institutions, the single-parent families do not receive it enough or do not receive it at all. Based on this, the survey was conducted through an online survey questionnaire which aim was to determine the perception of parents from the single-parent families about the support they receive from the educational institutions. In the research participated 101 respondents from the Republic of Croatia and it was shown that the single-parent families do not receive sufficient support from the educational institutions. Furthermore, according to the obtained results, even the parents from the single-parent families do not participate optimally in the organized forms of work within the educational institution. There is a need for constant and systematic work in developing options of help for the single parent families which would be provided by the educational institutions