PARENTAL ATTITUDES AND CHALLENGES OF STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

<doi>10.24250/jpe/2/2025/RIH/RSP/</doi>

Abstract

This study investigates parental attitudes, perceptions of the
parenting role, difficulties encountered, and needs
expressed by parents. The research is based on a
questionnaire applied to a sample of 44 parents, who are
also undergraduate or master's students in the field of
Educational Sciences. The descriptive analysis highlighted
that parents attach importance to emotional health,
empathetic relationships with children and the
development of skills related to adolescence. The data
suggests the need for educational programs focused on
emotional support, stress management and the
development of parenting skills for critical stages of child
development. The questionnaire analyzed brings to the
forefront the need for parents to support in all dimensions
of family life. The analysis confirms that self-care
strategies and the way of self-definition as a parent
correlate significantly with both expressed needs and the
style of relating to the child. Parents' self-care (emotional,
physical, spiritual, etc.) correlates with their perception of
the parental role, the dimension that parents cultivate for
self-care is associated with expressed needs, recognition,
love, validation, autonomy, and parents' self-perception
("good enough", "democratic", "authoritarian", "perfect")
is associated with the reported relational style
("understanding", "supportive", "critical", "controlling").
Therefore, providing educational programs, psychological
support and access to updated information can contribute
to better adaptation of parents to current challenges.