PREPARING SCHOOLCHILDREN FOR FAMILY LIFE IN EUROPE: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Abstract

The article analyzes the foreign experience of preparing pupils for family life. The emphasis is on three of its components - pre-marital training, sexual education and the formation of conscious paternity. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of each of these components in the leading countries of the Europe - Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, etc. The importance of sexual revolution in changing the approaches to solving the problems of sexual education in educational institutions is emphasized. It should be noted that sexual education in the vast majority of analyzed educational systems (Great Britain, Germany, France, etc.) is conducted in secondary schools through developed state or regional programs. The article notes that traditionally sexual education in European countries focuses on potential sexual risks, although youth, including the student should know about sexuality not only in terms of risks but also in terms of its potential in order to develop a positive and responsible attitude in this field. Managed to identify the following main types of future family man preparation, and the conclusion is drawn on the absence of a unified, uniform model of youth training for married life in Europe.