Child neglect prevention in Ukraine (the second half of the 60-s years of the XX century)

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of child neglect prevention in Ukraine in the second half of the 1960s. The essence of such concepts as «neglect» and «neglected child», causes of neglect and its consequences have been revealed. It has been determined that the main reason for child neglect is the inadequate fulfillment by parents of their direct responsibilities: the provision of favourable conditions for child’s physical, spiritual and intellectual development.
The normative legal documents of the second half of the 1960s, which defined the domestic social policy concerning child neglect prevention in Ukraine, have been analyzed. Researchers’ and educators’ basic views who addressed at that time to study these issues have been highlighted: in order to prevent child neglect, the pedagogical culture of family and school education should be improved; it is the school itself that can enhance parents’ pedagogical culture; the relationship between social and family education needs to be strengthened.
This article examines the collaboration of the public, parents, schools, prosecutors, the court, and the police, aimed at preventing child neglect and delinquency. It has been found that during the studied period, throughout the country, councils of the public and councils promoting family and school became widespread, which were created at enterprises and institutions, acting as coordination centers for combining family, school, and community educational influences. The school’s main forms of work with parents, who for various reasons neglected the upbringing of children have been outlined (class and general school meetings, lectures, universities of pedagogical knowledge, conferences, lectures, conversations, individual consultations during which parents were provided with the help in the upbringing and development of their children).
It has been determined that in the second half of the 1960s a number of measures were taken to prevent child neglect.