Parenthood used to be and in fact still is identified mostly with motherhood, not only in common thinking, but also in interdisciplinary studies. Until quite recently the main areas of reflection and discussion concerning ...

Family and marriage counseling is extremely important. It is necessary. On the one hand, it is to help people who are preparing to enter into the sacrament of marriage, but on the other hand it is to help married couples ...

The ongoing social changes reduce the significance of maternity and paternity. Fortunately there exist couples for whom the joy of conception and the expectance period for the child’s birth are not dominated by consumptive, ...

Disability in Poland has recently become a frequent subject of research and investigation. But the studies have mainly focused on psychological issues, as well as a social support of the disabled and their families. A ...

This article was written on the basis of a larger, the author’s own study of 52 homeless women in the Podkarpackie voivodship, that was conducted in 2009. People were matched in terms of age, place of residence during the ...

In our cultural framework marriage means a monogamous, lifelong partnership of two persons of different sex, which is open for parenthood. Since mid twentieth century a significant change of cultural mentality can be seen ...

Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, defines the family as marriage of woman and man who have children. This definition should be perceived in the context of the Church’s social teachings, the teaching of John Paul II ...