The intergenerational alliance is of paramount importance during the coronavirus epidemic, this is why the government strengthens cooperation between young people and the elderly, said István Hollik at a joint event for the elderly held by the Young Families’ Club and KINCS.
The Family Protection Action Plan, Hungary's most popular family policy program, is one-year-old
On the first of July, the Family Protection Action Plan is one year old. It is the most complex, generous, comprehensive and effective package of family policy measures in the last ten years. Its success is shown by the fact that in one year, with national coverage, 200,000 families received support thanks to the program, and as a result, Hungary's population indicators also improved significantly. 90 % of Hungarians of childbearing age agree with all seven measures of the Action Plan, the most popular one is the expansion of nursery capacity - according to the latest representative survey conducted by the Maria Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS). KINCS conducted a survey of the measures at the time of the introduction of the Family Protection Action Plan and this spring as well, and also monitored the number of applications day by day.
The importance of the role of fathers has been confirmed by numerous researches and studies. We celebrate them on the third Sunday of June, on Father’s Day, when we celebrate fatherhood. On this occasion, referring to various research results, the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) concludes, that in Hungary the role of men is rather seen according to the traditional model, but the sharing of parental responsibilities is also more and more present in families. Fatherhood has positive effects on men’s quality of life, which is why it is gratifying that men’s desire to have children has increased.
The Family Science College of KINCS launched its activities today. It will start operating as a new family research workshop with the participation of prominent representatives of the Hungarian Academia under the leadership of Professor Petra Aczél. The members of the scientific community from seven Hungarian university will start their work in various fields of family sciences in cooperation with the Mária Kopp Institute.
Over the past six months, the desire to have children has increased by 6 percent.
In addition to parents, educators have the greatest role in raising children. This value-creating education requires both sides, as has been the case in recent months, when teachers and parents have been teaching children together in the digital education introduced because of the epidemic. A survey conducted by the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) back in January revealed that the most important thing for both educators and parents is to raise responsible adults. The main goal of the research is to find an answer to how educators and parents think about raising children. Parents of fourth-grade students and teachers of the same students participated in the surveys.
