Strengthening Families

CONTENTS:

Introduction

I. MEANING OF THE FAMILY

Magdalena BUTRYMOWICZ
What a family really is? The question about the legal definitione of a family. The UK case study example

Magdalena BUTRYMOWICZ, Piotr KROCZEK
Survival rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Andrzej ZWOLIŃSKI
The Christian call for building unity

Ireneusz STOLARCZYK
The endangered unity of the family in the context of contemporary social changes

II. CHALLENGES FACED BY THE FAMILY

Birute BRILIUTE
Global overpopulation and Catholic family ecology. An investigation into Pope Francis’ call for a human ecology, change of culture and how it is linked to the Catholic teaching on family, sex and abortion: cross‑examination of Laudato Si’ and Amoris Laetitia

Birutė OBELENIENĖ, Andrius NARBEKOVAS
Human dignity as a universal moral dimension of the preparation of youth for marriage and family life

Józef STALA
Discovery, acceptance and realization of Christian love as the foundation for engaged couples’ formation

Tanja PATE, Miha PATE
Family hardiness, anxiety, and subjective well‑being in families with and without a chronic illness

Tanja REPIČ SLAVIČ
Sexual abuse in childhood and the unconscious repetition of pain in couple relationships

III. FAMILY COMMUNICATION

Teresa OLEARCZYK
A person – a creature that listens and is listened to. The anthropological aspect of quiet and silence

Stanko GERJOLJ
Joseph of Egypt: from a conflict maker to a conflict manager in the family

Gerhard BÜTTNER
Family communication and images of God in children’s literature

Nadia DELICATA
The family and the dominant technocratic paradigm: challenges in the digital culture

Erika PRIJATELJ
iPhone family v. traditional family. The impact of technology on personal growth and interaction within the family

IV. FAMILY PEDAGOGY

Patricia KIERAN
A revolution in family life: the challenge for faith formation and family ministry in Ireland

Bogusław SYPIEŃ
The family communio personarum in the context of human subjectivity

Elżbieta OSEWSKA
Value education in the Polish family

Viktória ŠOLTÉSOVÁ
Education, religious education and religiosity of Roma children in Slovakia