Family Destructuring as a Results of Workforce Migration. Romanian Realities

AbstractAfter 1989, major changes in all fields of economic, social, political and moral life have taken place in Romania, these changes having great impact on family life. Economic crisis, increased unemployment, decreased income, and increased poverty on the one hand, the absence of viable social protection measures, on the other hand, triggered at the social level, the belief that ensuring acceptable living conditions in the country is impossible. In this context, migration of workforce has acquired new dimensions and its effects on family life are more and more obvious. The purpose of our study is, on the one hand, analyzing the current situation of the workforce migration in Romania, showing its main consequences on the family structure, inter-familiar relations, children's psychological development and social integration and, on the other hand, offering some viable solution to suppress the negative effects of such a phenomenon