THE ROLE OF THE FATHER IN RAISING CHILDREN

Oče je oseba, ki od zunaj in na drugačen način kot mati doživlja otroka. Oče lahko že v nosečnosti otroka ves čas spremlja, se zanima zanj, se zaveda njegovega razvoja, ni pa z otrokom neposredno povezan, za razliko od matere, ki otroka in njegov razvoj sodoživlja. Ta pomembna razlika med očetom in materjo ostaja tudi, ko se otrok rodi, saj mati po navadi kar intuitivno začuti, kaj otrok potrebuje. Oče in mati sta soustvarjalca otrokove osebnosti od rojstva dalje. Oče po rojstvu otroka nudi najprej pomembno oporo materi, da se z otrokom močno poveže, kaj kmalu pa aktivno pomaga otroku na poti v samostojnost. Veliko raziskav je že pokazalo, da pri oblikovanju tako individualne kot kolektivne zavesti oče igra pomembno vlogo, saj širi otrokov spekter izkušenj in razširja njegovo dojemanje sveta. Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti vlogo očeta vse od začetka nosečnosti partnerice do vzgoje predšolskega otroka. Pri raziskovalnem delu smo si za pridobivanje potrebnih podatkov pomagali z uporabo anonimnega anketnega vprašalnika. Vzorec je zajemal očete predšolskih otrok, ki obiskujejo Vrtec Makole. Anketni vprašalnik so izpolnili očetje sedeminštiridesetih otrok. Rezultati so pokazali, da se očetje zavedajo, kako pomembna je njihova vloga pri vzgoji otroka. Prav tako se zanimajo za sam potek nosečnosti in so prisotni pri porodu.The father is the person in the family that experiences the child and its birth in a different way. During pregnancy he has the opportunity to observe carefully all the changes happening to the mother in order to discover things about his unborn child. The mother on the other hand experiences everything more directly and when the child is born she intuitively knows it needs. Both parents have important influence on their child\u27s personality. The father is an important emotional support to the mother during pregnacy while later he is actively involved in developing his child\u27s independence, that is being able to live its life without being helped or influenced by other people. Many discussions and researches have shown that in the process of developing a child\u27s awareness the fathers plays an important part. He broadens the child\u27s horizons and increases the range of things the child is supposed to know about the outside world. The intention of my diploma is to determine the father\u27s role in child development. All the information needed for futher analysis and work done in the empirical part of my diploma was gained with an anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaire was given to forty-seven fathers of children that visit Makole kindergarten. The results have shown that fathers are aware how inportant is their educational role. As well they are interested in pregnancy and they are present at childbirth