Role of family in establishment of recreational behaviour patterns in children and young people

Sociocultural changes that have occurred in the contemporary world cause changes in lifestyles and ways of spending leisure time. This problem is particularly important from the pedagogical standpoint since it substantially affects young generations who follow the models from a variety of sources. However, the strongest effect on the forms of activity and development of recreational behaviours in leisure time is from family. Contemporary children and young people are overloaded with school duties, extra-curricular activities to increase knowledge, private lessons that prepare for attractive university courses and they often have to work. This negatively affects the amount, organization, content and forms of spending leisure time, which is the precondition for proper psychophysical and social growth of children.