The Family in Value Orientations

Abstract

russia's declining birth rate is linked to a delay in a family's decision to have children and to uncertainty about the place of children in a couple's relationship. despite the rise of individualism and the importance of career and self-realization, however, the family retains a very important place in russian society.Russia's ongoing processes of change in the everyday lives of Russians in the course of the transformation of Russian society have to do with processes that are linked to the transformation of the institution of the family and that determine what is called demographic modernization [1]. Demographic modernization is characterized by the fact that "all of an individual's thoughts are focused on achieving self-realization, on freedom of choice, on personal development and an individual lifestyle, on emancipation, and this is reflected in the formation of the family, and in attitudes with respect to birth regulation and motives of parenthood" [2, p. 3]. Inasmuch as this process is associated with the nuclearization of the family, with the rise in the age at which people marry and have children, and English translation

The Importance Of The Memory Of Relatives In Maintaining Intergenerational Family Relations

“…A number of studies voiced "the problems of violation of the continuity of family traditions, rituals and practices, leading to a violation of the stability and integrity of families, to maladaptation in times of crisis, to a decrease in the psychological well-being of its members" (Gorodilina, 2017, p. 14). Other researchers focus on family continuity issues (Brannen & Nielsen, 2005;Costa, 2013;Lezhnina, 2011). In particular, Rosalina Costa believes that the value of family and kinship has not disap-peared, but continues to exist (Costa, 2013).Intra-family intergenerational relations are of great importance in maintaining the value of family and kinship.…”