• to know the specifics of the sociological approach to the study of paternity; the role of modern theories in understanding the trends of family and parenthood development
• be able to study the evolution of paternity as a social institution;
• be able to characterize the basic models of paternity, their essence and criteria of typology
;• have an idea and focus on the main trends of parenting practice in Ukraine at the present stage.

• Sociology of the family.
• Sociology of personality.
• Social pedagogy.
• Sociology of culture.

Theoretical and methodological principles of family and fatherhood analysis in modern sociological theories.Evolution of the attitude towards the child and socio-cultural status of the childhood.Evolution of fatherhood as a social institution.Parenting Models.Motherhood as a socio-historical phenomenon.Directions of maternity research in historical retrospective.Socio-legal status of motherhood.Modern models of maternity.Motherhood in modern youth settings.Problems of the effectiveness of Ukrainian family policy in the context of the balance of motherhood and occupational employment (the problem of "equal fatherhood").Theoretical problems of the role and authority of the father.Authority and role of the father in the modern Ukrainian family.Investigation of the phenomenon of responsible parenting.

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