The Strong Family, Strong Power project is aimed at supporting, strengthening and protecting the family as the fundamental basis of Russian society, preserving traditional family values, enhancing the role of the family in society, increasing the authority of parenthood in society, preventing domestic violence and overcoming family problems. The project is focused primarily on the younger generation, which, in an era of crisis of family values, without having their own experience of strengthening family relations, is characterized by the presence of a weak orientation towards creating a family, is not sufficiently ready for family life.The project "A Strong Family - a Strong Power" distinguishes from other similar projects by the presence of two factors at once - the popularization of family values ​​​​among the youth and the development of multi-scale mechanisms for working with the younger generation, which allows not only to introduce young people to family life, but to determine real directions, systemic projects, programs and activities to strengthen and protect the institution of the family as the fundamental basis of Russian society. The project provides for the organization of 3 round tables to discuss and address issues of domestic violence prevention, restoration of the spiritual and moral traditions of the Russian family, and the formation of a positive image large families. 2 public discussions are planned, dedicated to raising the level of awareness of young people on the issues of building family and marriage relations. It is planned to hold 3 seminars dedicated to the issues of spiritual and moral education of youth, increasing the social prestige of the family as a leading tool for consolidating society, socializing the individual, supporting and disseminating the best regional practices in working with youth. During these events, at least 450 people will directly participate in them - representatives of the executive and legislative authorities, the business community, non-profit organizations, the expert community, leaders of religious denominations, students of universities and colleges. Project activities will be held in a number of regions of the country: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad region, Yaroslavl and Tyumen. The project involves the creation of an information platform on the portal www.soyuzzhenskihsil.rf for the exchange of views, consultations, recommendations related to family issues and the upbringing of the younger generation. The results of the work on the project will be familiarized with federal (DG, SF, OP) and regional authorities (OP).

Goals

1. Promoting the importance of the family in society and for the younger generation, introducing them to family values through the development of the necessary state and public mechanisms for influencing the younger generation using modern means of public attention and the development of collective solutions - round tables, discussion platforms, constructive, practice-oriented seminars

Tasks

1. Organizational preparation of project activities
2. Conducting a cycle of project events - round tables, discussions, seminars
3. Preparation and printing of an information brochure about the project
4. Information support of the project

Substantiation of social significance

Currently modern family is undergoing a crisis, which is facilitated by global social changes, the growth of population mobility, the processes of urbanization and cultural transformation. These and many other factors cause the weakening of the family and a change in its place in value orientations - traditional foundations are being lost, family communications are weakening, and the significance of kinship relations is decreasing. An increase in the number of divorces, cohabitation without registration of a barque and, accordingly, an increase in children born out of wedlock, have become common phenomena, and the scale of social orphanhood has increased. Therefore, in the current situation, overcoming the existing negative trends requires the state and the whole society to take new approaches to solving numerous problems of social and family relations. An important place is occupied by the state family policy - an important tool for consolidating society, coordinating the activities of social institutions in the interests of the family in all areas of its functioning. The project "Strong family - strong power" works in the key of full compliance with the implemented in Russian Federation official family policy, enshrined in a serious legislative foundation: the Constitution of the Russian Federation (Article 7), labor law RF, Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” dated December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ, the Family Code of the Russian Federation, and other documents. In 2007, the Concept of the State Policy on the Young Family, the Plan of Priority Measures for its Implementation were developed, the Concept of the Demographic Policy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025 was approved. However, as experts note, the measures taken in social practice are often short-term, not Considering that the change in the field of family relations is quite inertial, it requires a long-term, systemic impact. There is an underestimation of the social status and social role functions of the family. Today's family policy in the regions is focused mainly on families in need of social protection, in a difficult life situation, in the zone of social risk. The family, performing the functions of reproduction and socialization, turned out to be out of sight of the state and local governments. The project "A strong family is a strong power" is aimed at filling the lack of attention and support for the family as a conceptual resource of the country, a mechanism for the socialization of young people, their serious preparation for a future family life , giving the regions the opportunity to learn from the best practices of the plan. Municipal educational institution

Secondary school No. 1 of Karasuk district

2008 is the year of the family!

Strong family -

strong state!
G. Karasuk 2008

In accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, 2008 was declared the Year of the Family in our country. In this regard, a poetry competition about the family was held in our school. The library received 22 poems from students. The school administration decided to create an almanac collection of poems by our school poets.

What is family? This is a word that everyone understands. It is with each of us from the first moments of life. A family is a house, children, father and mother, relatives, close people. These are common worries, joys and deeds. Family is love and happiness.

The family is given to every person from birth as a protection from evil, from bad people, as a help in order to make it easier to cope with difficult life situations. The family gives confidence in the future: that is why every person should protect and take care of their loved ones.

If we talk about the theme of the family in literature, then, of course, most of it is in prose and poetry is slightly inferior to it. They write about the family in different ways, but most often, as a small island of peace, joy and happiness in the midst of the raging ocean of our reality, filled with difficulties and fuss.

The poems in our almanac are very different. For the very concept of “family” is very broad. Here and love lyrics, because love is the basis of the family. And thoughts about your childhood, about your home, poems dedicated to mother, father, grandmother, sister ... And poems about children and for children. And not childishly serious poems that reflect love and attention to their relatives.

We hope that acquaintance with these poems will not leave anyone indifferent, will help you understand that no matter how difficult it is in our difficult world, only the family can save each of us from adversity, only our dearest people are always with us and are ready to help in any minute. Only their care and love makes us richer, cleaner, kinder.

The family is the source from which we draw strength throughout our lives. So be kind and considerate to your loved ones.

Head of the library, secondary school No. 1

Nolfina O.A.

I have one family:

Mom, dad, brother, sister.

Mom at work, dad at work

My sister sews and my brother reads.

I play in the yard and write it all in the sand!

Panarina Hope,

3rd grade
* * *

My beloved family

Family is the most important word in the world!

Family is joy and peace on the planet!

Family is mom, family is dad

The family is me and my sister!

The family is our dear grandmother!

She is with us always and everywhere.

Any minute will help in trouble!

I love my grandmother very much.

I appreciate her advice.

I trust my secrets

And I love it very much

Her pancakes and pies.

What a nice evening

Hear the story from her lips

And see rainbow dreams.

Bekish Diana

4th grade
* * *

We live together with my mother.

We don't need to quarrel.

After all, my mother is my friend

In all my affairs.

We go fishing with her

And along the forest edge

Good to go!

Mom will find a redhead,

And I will find a bastard

And my mother will tell me

That you can't take it.

And if I'm guilty

Mom furrows her brows.

And if I differ

That mother is cheerful.

Zipf, Sergei

5th grade
Mommy

Mommy is dearer to me than anyone in the world,

And those kind beautiful eyes

And those gentle hands.
On mother's hands ah it's different

The pain is gone, the fear is gone.

And you don't learn that in school.
And in the evening in bed, thoughts of only one thing:

When will mom come up and kiss you before bed?
Life goes on, changes

There is only one change,

That my mommy is beautiful!

And I wish her to live a hundred years!

Pigunova Katerina

5th grade
* * *

Mom, dad, brothers, me,

Inseparable family.

I have two brothers,

Both are acrobats

I am their older sister

Musical girl.

Our mom's best friend

More fun than all friends

Well, dad millet class,

Helps every time.

Mom, dad, brothers, me,

We are a wonderful family!

Denisova, Anna

6th grade
* * *

Our family consists of three

But we must not forget the two.

Four legged friends

After all, it is also our family.

And without them we are nowhere -

We are a family.

The whole family we rest,

Swimming and sunbathing

We collect mushrooms

And, of course, berries.

We celebrate many holidays a year together,

All events are very interesting.

Our family is glued

Friendly, cheerful.

I think, for example,

What is our friendly family

An example to follow

And I hope I'm not the only one who agrees with this!

Prochan Angelica,

6th grade
* * *

Mother

Mom, you are an example for me.

Your smile is like a beam to me

that makes me happy all day

And without which I can not sleep.
I want you to always be

By my side: in joy and in sorrow.

I want you to know how I am without you

I'm sure I'll arrange my life.
Live, dear, for many years!

And rejoice with me in my successes,

And smile so that everyone around

Blossomed only from your smile.

Barilo Tatiana,

6th grade
Mommy

There is no closer and sweeter in the world,

There is no more beautiful mother of mine!

Good, holy, my dear,

Dear Mom, I love you!

Zhurba Victoria

6th grade
* * *

Mom, my mom.

Mom, my mom

Just don't cry, don't

Still not so blizzards

We were judged with you.

Mom, my mom

I will be next to you

And in the days of golden happiness,

And at the worst time.

Mom, my mom

You have saved me many times

From the most terrible darkness.

And we had arguments

And we had quarrels

But just don't betray

We are with you each other.

Mom, my mom

You have become more beautiful

That would be a little happier

It suits you so well.

I ask for love and happiness

You are a hundred years ahead.

Zhurba Victoria

6th grade
* * *

Flowers in the field.

I will go out into the field with my mother,

There are flowers all around.

We will pick a bunch of flowers and put them in a vase.

And we look into all eyes

Ah, what a beauty!

Zhurba Victoria

I won't forget.

Which side will I not be on,

On which grass I will not pass.

Mom, I will never forget you

Never, never, never.

I will not forget your clear eyes,

And your simple kind words!

Zhurba Victoria

6th grade
* * *

About my beloved mother.

My mom is the best

Succeeds in everything for everyone.

He cooks to eat, the stove will flood,

And help with lessons.

Bake pies for us.

I love my mom

And I will thank her.

Stepanov Pavel

6th grade
* * *

I want to say thank you

I want to say thank you to my mother.

For what? I do not know,

But my answer is not simple:

For love, for kindness. For the world in which I live.

For the sun, sky, stars. For day and night

Thank you mother dear!

Kotova Zhenya

6th grade
* * *

Not a secret for everyone around

That mommy is the best friend!
All secrets, all confessions -

We will always tell her everything

Because we know for sure

What secrets mom will not tell

Nobody ever!

Kotova Zhenya

6th grade
* * *

Everyone in the family is sweet tooth,

We love sweets and nuts.

If suddenly we get sad,

Mom knows that we crave sweets!
Mom brings sweets -

The mood is coming to us!

Mom knows best

What do you need to get in the mood?

Kotova Zhenya

My family, my joy

My story, folks!

From babies to gray-haired spans.
The family is not only mom and dad.

I will count many people

To my family history

From the depths to the present day.
My family is simple, in general,

And everyone is warm and cozy in it.

And no, believe me, there is more happiness

Than to see people close to me!
They are all worthy people:

There are officers, cooks,

Teachers, poets, muses,

And younger brother and I.
Traditions in the family have developed

Simple, warm. And I

I will try to continue them

Like grandfathers, sisters and uncles.
I want to talk about the main

About the most important and big

Traditions of family, glorious -

Serve your own country.
For four generations

My family is so big

Fate tied to service

Mother Russia dear.
We have a lieutenant colonel in our family,

And a young major.

Each of them was the culprit

For a big family celebration.
More in Finnish and German

Grandfathers fought, shed blood,

They drank the slices of the soldier's.

Of them was every what a hero!
Now I'm dreaming,

(You don't look that girl!)

That the army is my destiny.

I will not become a wreck from the family.
In our tradition,

Not a single divorce in the family!

Our family stock is strong,

We sacredly honor the precepts of the family.
The elder that we have

Do not allow slovenliness -

Love and children are the times

And two - live without bragging.
Another tradition is

Established in the depths of centuries -

None of us were disgraced

And lived freely, without shackles,
Didn't steal, didn't beat, didn't rob,

And followed a few rules -

Respected grandfather's gray hair

And he deified his own mother,
Babysitting, building a house

And created a family home,

Where everyone is cozy and warm.

He didn't make any enemies.
Love, kindness, service to faith -

Simple truths, trust me.

History of my family

An example of this is to this day.
Such is life, I guess!

We rarely meet as a family

And yet my heart is breaking,

When I see my ancestors.
Once a year with a family at the table,

Warmed by caress and love,

We celebrate our big holiday -

The arrival of relatives from all the outskirts.
Whatever it costs us

We must appear once a year,

When summer is already in full swing,

To the native gate, to the father's house.
Sometimes does not fit the house

We are all so funny, different,

And the yard is filled with children

And the light comes from rosy cheeks.
Let's snuggle up to our grandmother,

Let's stroke the gray head

In her palms we dive

She will wipe away a crazy tear.
Together we leaf through the album

And we connect the old "vidik".

We remember and sing

We laugh and sometimes cry
When the faces are expensive

Already gone, but relatives.

It's good that there are simple

In the light of the joy of the living.
So as not to regret that I did not say,

I didn’t understand, I didn’t give love or comfort,

Once a year you must come

To the gathering of family relatives of all.
We are all children, we are their families,

We strive here from losses.

We must honor and remember the family,

There is nothing more important than family!

Emtseva Ekaterina

8th grade
My family.
I love my family:

Mom, dad and sister,

grandfather and grandmother,

And sister Nadya!

I like to visit

To grandpa and grandma

Help water the garden

I help my mom.

We go to the cinema with dad

Playing dominoes with my sister

And with my sister Nadya

We eat gingerbread!

That's my whole family.

We are all together forever!

Panarina Ekaterina,

My friendly family!!!

My family

The friendliest of all

She is sure to succeed!

If I'm a little sad

I run home faster

And the problem will be solved.

Well, I'll help dad

I agree day and night.

And help my sister

I'll solve the math.

Here is such a family -

Friends will envy!

Agafonova Veronika

Beloved mother

I got upset today.

Something went wrong at school.

I'll go quietly into the house:

They will meet me, and then ...

Everyone will see: a sad look

And they will understand everything without resentment.

Mom will cook me food

And I'll tell her everything.

Of course, it will be easier for me

I will forgive the offender.

That's my mom!

I love her very much!

And so today

I'm not afraid of anything!!!

Agafonova Veronika

Like April swallows in the sky

There are only children in the orphanage.

The rain is knocking on their souls,

Because they don't have a family.
What a pity for the children in the orphanage.

Only one thing I pray to God:

So that he would give them sooner,

Like my family.
Let the Family find them quickly,

And may they be happy.

There are so many of these kids

And while they are without a family.
Let them have mom and dad

Like everyone else, like me

Because they don't need anything

All they need is a family.
Like April swallows in the sky

The children are alone in the orphanage

And the rain is knocking on their souls,

Because they don't have a family...

Kolesnikova Nastya,

9th grade
* * *

We are chained together,

We have one last name.

Alone and our home,

in which we live now.
There are two of us, but we are similar

We are like two drops of water

How two sisters are sometimes alike,

And we are beautiful like flowers.
We have a head, like everyone else,

Well, the keeper of the hearth.

And in the life of joy for them -

This is, of course, my brother and me.
And who am I talking about?

Probably, you guessed it.

I know about the family

And who in the Family is me and you.
We sometimes quarrel with my brother,

But still I love him

Who knows, maybe someday

He will grow up, I will grow up.

Kolesnikova Nastya,

Family is family.
The family is the cell of society

Family is sacred

Now I want to say:

"Family is native."
My family is good

My own family

And maybe you ask:

"Where am I from?"
My answer is simple, of course,

I have a family

This is mom, dad, brother and me!
The family is the cell of society

Family is sacred.

And once again I will repeat:

^ "FAMILY IS NATIVE!"

Kolesnikova Nastya,

9th grade
* * *

It all starts with family

From the native house and the gate,

That once you opened it,

You will find your experience and mistakes.
Family is born in love

Lives in understanding.

And happy is he who will carry

This gift of God is with compassion.
Here are your first steps

With delight touches loved ones.

And these first touches

Books read together.
trips to grandma

Barbecue at my aunt's in the attic.

And my brother's leaving for the Army,

Little sisters babble.
Here everyone loves and is loved,

All dear and, of course, needed.

Be a son, daughter or husband.
The family will not throw, will not betray,

Do not give up in a difficult matter.

And if necessary, will give an order

And the instructions of generations.
And I want to say, son,

Do not look for an easier way.

You are with us, you are not alone -

Let's go through life together.
Family is a huge wall

From storms, evil and deceit,

And yes, the proverb is true.

"A strong family is a strong state!"

Grohotova Natalya Nikolaevna,

former student of secondary school No. 1,

mother of a 2nd grade student

Grohotova Mark.

Julia Raspopova
Family holiday "Strong family - strong state"

Family celebration

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Educator. Good evening! We are glad to see you on our holiday« A strong family is a strong state» . We all know that the first school of education for a growing person is family. She is a whole world for a child, here he learns to love, endure, rejoice, sympathize.

And now the children will tell us about their moms and dads.

Child 1. Mom and I made sweets,

And it was raining outside the window.

Mom and I thought at the same time,

How good it is for us to be together.

Child 2. My dad does not tolerate idleness and boredom,

Dad has skillful good hands!

And if someone needs help

My dad is always willing to work.

Child 3. Mom has lived in the world for many years,

There is no one more precious than a mother in the whole world.

She goes to bed later than everyone else, gets up earlier than everyone else,

He is busy around the house all day, although he gets tired.

Child 4. You live in the world mom,

Many, many years.

Nobody is dearer than you

Not in this world.

Child 6. Dad broke a precious vase,

Grandmother and mother frowned at once.

But dad found: looked into their eyes

Both timidly and quietly "Sorry",- said.

And mom is silent, even smiling.

We will buy another, there are better ones on sale.

Child 7. Mom and dad are my relatives,

I have no relatives.

And sister - relatives, and brother,

And a lop-eared puppy Tishka.

Educator. And now the guys will tell us about their grandparents.

Child 8. I have a grandfather, like winter is gray,

I have a grandfather with a white beard.

On charging, the sun sees us nearby,

We raise our hands team: "Once!"

And cold water straight from the stream,

We wash together: grandfather and me.

Child 9. I have been friends with my grandmother for a long time,

She is in all undertakings with me at the same time.

I don’t know boredom with her, and I love everything about her,

But I love my grandmother's hands the most.

Child 10. Oh, how many are these hands

They create wonderful things:

Patching, knitting, kneading,

Everyone is making something.

Child 11. Evening will come - shadows

Weaving on the wall

And fairy tales

They tell me.

Child 12. At bedtime, the night light will light up

And then they suddenly shut up.

Smarter they are not in the world

And there are no kinder hands.

Child 13. Eat in any house Family album.

As in a mirror we are reflected in it.

Let us not always be beautiful,

But these photos are true,

The album is kept in our house,

And the pictures are stored in the album.

The mother of the child. We are opening for you today

Family album:

We are in this album

We accept guests

Watering flowers

And we play games

We argue, we walk,

We clean the house

We remember friends

And we sing songs.

Educator. And now let's listen to how our friendly family do house cleaning.

Child 14. There is a pile of dishes on the table.

Under the table with water basin.

spring-cleaning

It starts with us.

General! Avral!

Our mother is a general!

Child 15. I am terribly brave,

I walk with a mop!

dad with trash can

Walks around the house for the fifth time.

And from uncle a lot of sense -

He washed a shelf in the kitchen.

Grandma and grandpa went out into the yard -

They beat the carpet with a stick.

Child 16. I help my mother,

Every day I work

I'm clearing the table

My sex with pleasure.

Child 17. We all cannot stand dirt,

We take out the rubbish from the apartment,

Towel, vacuum cleaner

Under the sideboard and table -

So that the dust is a column.

Educator. Well, after such cleaning, you need to have a good rest. Competition is announced "Colour pencils". I will read a poem, and you will do the task (paint) according to the text. Moms start to draw, children continue, dads finish.

Draw a big circle (moms draw)

Small one on top

At the top of the ear are two -

This will be the head.

Draw for beauty (children draw)

Bigger his mustache.

Here beautiful tail ready - (draw dads)

You are the most beautiful of all cats!

Have a rest? You are just real artists. They all turned out just the most beautiful cats!

Dear parents, weekends are coming soon, and, probably, many of you will go somewhere to rest. But let's hear what your children think if you do not take them with you.

Child 18. On rest days

Some, the demon of us, parents

To the theatre, circus, stadium

Not allowed as spectators.

Child 19. Let the inscription - larger letters -

There it is brightly lit:

Entrance mom, dad WITHOUT CHILDREN

Strictly prohibited.

Child 20. Then they would understand -

All adult community, -

Like children in holidays

I want to be with them!

Educator. So, moms and dads, do not forget about your children, they miss you very much.

Guys, now we will find out if your parents read fairy tales to you and remember their names.

A competition is being held "Fairytale Lotto". I will name part of the name or title of the fairy tale, and you continue on.

Horse (Humpbacked, Geese (Swans, Red (Cap), Frost (Ivanovich, Scarlet (flower, Bremen (musicians), Zayushkina (hut, Fox and (Mouse, Ugly (Duckling, Tiny (Havroshechka), Flower (seven-flower, Doctor (Aibolit, Boy (with a finger, Princess (Frog, Cat (in boots, Snow White and (seven gnomes) .

Well done parents, you know the name of fairy tales well.

Guys, moms have prepared delicious treats for you. We invite everyone to tea.

The family is the cradle of humanity. The family is a union of people based on marriage. Since ancient times, the family consisted of more than one generation. There were grandmothers, grandfathers, mother, father, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They lived together, cheerfully, respected old age, protected the young. Families were large and strong. At present, a typical family is parents and one, two, maximum three children. Gradually, that aroma of a large family in which children should grow up disappears. The family must provide mutual love, mutual understanding, protect your inner world, their secrets, secrets.

"Only those family and social relations can be strong that arise from inner conviction and are justified by the voluntary, reasonable consent of all those participating in them."

N.A. Dobrolyubov.

Home for each of us is the most important thing, the most necessary thing in life. The house is a refuge that will protect us from all misfortunes. Warmth and comfort emanates from him, and if mutual understanding and trust reign in him, this is real happiness.

The family plays a big role in human life, its protection, development. In the family, the child receives his first life and moral experience, here his personal development begins. moral education- direct duty and responsibility of parents. After all, it determines the future fate of the child, since in childhood the character and moral character of the individual are formed. Parents should educate children with early age patriotism, truthfulness, kindness, independence, patience, restraint, diligence, these qualities are necessary for laying the foundation

In the character of a person. An important factor in the formation of a person's personality is considered the way of life of the family. The family should teach the child to care for the elderly, develop the ability to sympathize with relatives, develop a sense of joy and compassion, children should be taught to think about others, take care of the younger ones, involve the child in labor activity families to develop discipline and responsibility.

The family should also pay attention physical education children, because together with physical development mental development takes place, and such important traits as courage, courage, endurance, restraint, willpower are formed. Parents are the main educators of children, children are the goals and meaning of parents. What overshadows the life of children in a family is the discord between their parents, their ill-mannered, constant atmosphere of discontent, does this hurt the child's soul? leaving scars on her. That is why there should be mutual understanding and love in the family, and such a family will be strong.

The family contains a powerful potential for influencing the processes of social development. The state is interested in a strong, active family. The work of the state should be aimed at improving the quality of life of the population, supporting young families, protecting the interests of mother and child and ensuring a happy childhood for every child. I think if the state takes more care of families, then we will have more strong and happy families in Russia, and if families are stronger, then there will be more happy children.

A strong family is a strong state, Yegor Gunin

Human life is an invaluable gift from God. And its birth is the greatest miracle on earth. “Mom” is the first word a child utters; "mother" - in this word is love, tenderness and boundless trust of a small heart. But what does it mean to be a mother? Psychologists and priests, mothers and children themselves answer this question on the pages of the book.

STRONG FAMILY - STRONG AND POWER!

The purpose of marriage is to bring joy. It is understood that married life is the happiest, fullest, purest, richest life. This is the Lord's ordinance about perfection.

Holy Martyr Empress Alexandra "On Marriage and Family Life" FAMILY and CHILDREN are an eternal and enduring value, an eternal test and the greatest reward in life. There is nothing more important than preserving the peace and joy of our children. We are responsible for their happiness, for raising them to be healthy, kind and worthy citizens of Russia.

The family in Rus' has always been revered as the basis of society and the state. All moral and social foundations served to strengthen the family. The Russian family has survived despite the most burning whirlwinds of historical changes, and in all life's trials, the unity and mutual love of relatives and friends remains unshakable. The wonderful traditions of national family education, the commandments of caring for parents are our spiritual heritage that has not been wasted over the centuries. This is what strengthens Russia from within, what makes it a powerful social monolith.

We have a lot to do to strengthen the economic, social and moral foundations of the family. I am convinced that this task is up to the Russians, because we have a great National history and rich multinational culture. And most importantly - we have such a beautiful, smart, thinking, such loving children!

It depends on us adults that every day of our children is kind and bright. So let's try to make their life full of love and joy, so that our families always have harmony, and hence common happiness!

Vladimir Yakunin,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Center of National Glory of Russia

and the Holy Apostle Foundation

Andrew the First-Called

The family plays an important role in the life of society. A look at life, an image of its perception are laid in the family. It is the family that is called upon to support and pass on from generation to generation the spiritual and religious, national and domestic tradition. What a person will be like: whether he will love his Fatherland, appreciate and respect the people around him, raise his own children in faith and love for the Motherland - depends on the atmosphere that has surrounded him since childhood. Moreover, the person himself is not free to choose the family in which he would like to be born. For him, this is already a kind of given, and this given affects the whole life of a person, without his immediate will. How important it is for parents to remember this! After all, it is in their power (and this is their direct duty!) to direct the mind and heart of the child, his desires and aspirations in the right direction.

What is family? Family is not a contract: you give me this, and I give you that; You will support me, and I will bring you all the joys of life. A man shall leave his father and his mother, and cling to his wife; and there will be two one flesh(Gen. 2, 24), i.e., the family is first of all a unity, such a unity in which the husband and wife do not think of themselves separately from the other. Spouses become in the true sense "halves" of each other. After all, it is not for nothing that many who have lived in marriage for many years, and outwardly similar to each other.

Man consists of body, soul and spirit. The family unity of the two "halves", and more broadly - the entire family building, is built on mutual love (the derivative of this love is parental love and the love of children for parents and for each other). But love is not material, not carnal love of two bodies, but spiritual love (in ancient times, many pious spouses, having given birth and raised children, decided to live the remaining years by mutual agreement as brother and sister), constantly ready to give themselves to another, take care of him and protect his; rejoice and grieve with him. In the family, a person is forced to share the sorrow and joy of another not only by feeling, but also by the community of life. The birth of a child, his illness or even death - all this unites the spouses, strengthens and deepens the feeling of love.

Marital love is a very complex and rich complex of feelings, relationships and experiences. The Christian relationship between husband and wife is threefold: bodily, mental, and spiritual. The Apostle Paul compares them with the relationship between Christ and the Church (Eph. 5:23-24). Husbands the apostle Paul wrote, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church... So husbands should love their wives as their bodies: he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and warms it...(Eph. 5:25, 28-29).

According to Saint-Exupery, in every person one must see the messenger of God on earth. This feeling should be especially strong in relation to the spouse. This is the meaning of the famous phrase: the wife is afraid of her husband(Eph. 5:33) - afraid to offend him, afraid to become a reproach to his honor. A good, fertile fear generates attention to the one who loves, protects the relationship of the spouses. One must be afraid to do everything that can offend, upset another, about which one would not want to tell a wife or husband. This is the fear that saves a marriage.

Marriage takes place only where there is love and a willingness to give oneself to each other to the end, forever, where there is a readiness for the feat of self-sacrificing love. Where there is marriage without love, the family arises only outwardly. Parents can teach their children about love only when they themselves knew how to love in marriage.. Parents can give happiness to children only in so far as they themselves have found happiness in marriage. If a child does not learn love in the family of his parents, where will he learn it?

ON THE SHIP OF LOVE

“The family is the ark of salvation” is very rightly said. I take a blank sheet of paper and in the center of it I write the word "family" in blue ink. Nearby I draw a small boat, two little men and sign in capital letters: “mom” and “dad”. These are two captains, without whom there is no ship. Dad is the head of the family. He can calmly take on the role of the chief captain, protect, lead through life, instruct and teach. Mom is the junior captain, this is the guiding star for dad and children for life!

Our life is a long staircase that either descends to the ground or soars high to the sky, making very sharp turns. But you, man, walk firmly and confidently along it, because your guardian angel is with you - your family!

I take arrows from the boat, from which a funny sun is obtained. Above each arrow I inscribe the words: “love of loved ones”, “education”, “protection”, “care for each other”, “joy”. Looking at my drawing, you immediately understand: a family without love is like a bird without the sky!

Olga Silchinko, 17 years old, p. Pokateevo

IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS WALLS

Two years ago, my parents bought an unfinished house - only the roof and walls rose on a vacant lot. And in early May, the whole family moved from our old, but such cozy home into a new one. There was no light, no water, no heating! All relatives condemned mom and dad, said: “Crazy! If only they would have pity on the children!” But my parents were very determined: “We will live in a new, large and very beautiful house!” And I did not at all doubt the veracity of these words, because my dearest people do not throw words to the wind. Indeed, three years later our house became the decoration of the village. Yes, it was very difficult, but the difficulties only rallied our family. My brother and I now know how to overcome life's adversities.

Sometimes I see how right on the street some young mothers, "educating" their kids, spank the kids, scream loudly. Explain this behavior "nerves". So what kind of nerves should my parents have, who can also hard times turn our childhood into a fairy tale! Even if my mother is in some kind of trouble, she always finds kind words for me and my brother.

Dad also loves us very much, supports us in all our children's affairs. Four years ago, he had to stay at home for both mom and dad. Our mother became very ill and went to the hospital. The days of real trials have come for the father. And he withstood them with honor! Dad got up early, stoked the stove, cooked breakfast, then quietly woke us up, escorted me to school, and my brother to kindergarten. In the evening we were waiting for dinner and warm confidential conversations at the table, reading interesting books. Your love for the good good books dad gave it to me.

The family saves me from a monotonous life, helps me find a way out of a seemingly hopeless situation.

I forget that fate has deprived me of health. I feel happier and lighter when I am with my family.

Natalya Zhukova, 14 years old, village Kozulka

ONLY FAITH

Only the belief that his wife and daughter were waiting for him at home, that they needed him - whether he was healthy, wounded, or alive, gave strength to my grandfather, Alexander Anatolyevich, to survive and return home after the war in Afghanistan.

There were cases when his comrades returned to their families disabled, but were not needed there. The Afghans knew this. Therefore, the officers carried a spare cartridge "for themselves", so that, if anything, they would not be rejected.

When my grandmother found out about this, she was outraged. Really live with the person only while he is healthy and brings decent money? Is this a family? After all, when they get married, they promise to be together in sorrow and in joy. And if marriage is only for the sake of profit, then this is no longer a family!

WE WON

Early morning. I sleep on the floor. Next to brothers and sister. We have a family of six. By Eastern standards, this is not enough. I am half asleep. I feel good and comfortable. Affectionate mother's hands gently touch me: "Nigora, Nigor, get up." Without opening my eyes, I feel the warmth of my mother's hands enveloping me, rocking me, as once in a rocking chair. I don't want to get up, but I have to.

Dad left a long time ago, he works in a cafe: he cooks himself, he distributes food to visitors. It is difficult for him, so my mother and I help him cook manti. This work gives me great pleasure, because my mother is nearby. The older sister Natasha sews skullcaps, she herself earns her own clothes; Bakhtiyor, my older brother, helps my father, washes the dishes, and my younger brother Bahadir takes care of ducks, feeds them and collects eggs. We help each other, nobody messes around. That's my whole family, I love her and accept her for who she is.

But special words I want to talk about my parents. My mother is Russian and my father is Tajik. Mom married dad in Russia when he served in the army, then they moved to Uzbekistan. It is customary for us that children always live near their parents, and we have lived in Uzbekistan for 15 years. Perestroika and the exit from the Soviet Union turned our whole life upside down. It became difficult to live in Uzbekistan, my mother was eager to go to Russia: our grandmother lived there. And dad didn't want to go there. Quarrels began. When my mom and dad quarreled, I got scared and felt insecure. I sat between mom and dad and cried. I didn't say anything to them, I just cried. I was afraid that my father would stay in Uzbekistan, and my mother would leave for Russia. And I can't live without both of them.

I don't know how it happened, but the fear of losing children took over, and we all ended up in Russia. How hard we experienced this time! We parted ways with our friends, family and loved ones. Our family structure fell apart, everything here was alien and incomprehensible. I had to learn Russian, get used to other relationships at school.

And then our Russian grandmother came to the rescue, our family was replenished, now there are seven of us. In her free time, she studied with us, taught us how to build relationships with teachers, dictated vocabulary words, corrected mistakes, sorted out our quarrels, explained how to act in certain situations. She was our guardian angel. Thanks to her, we quickly got used to the new place. And I’m just proud of my parents that they were able to save their family, their love, our family happiness. But it could have happened differently.

We have been living in Russia for three years now; I received citizenship, I try to accept and love my second homeland.

It is good when there are many children in the family. No time to be lazy. The older ones look after the younger ones, help their parents raise them, and at the same time acquire labor skills and the ability to take care of others. Of course, in big family it is more difficult to live financially, so I would like the state to support such families. But on the other hand, how good it is when already adult children gather all in their own home, talk about themselves, their children, share their impressions. And for parents, this is a huge joy and support. When you know that someone needs you, you want to live. And you want to die when no one needs you.

Nigora Aminova, 15 years old, Kamenka village

AND ALL BECAUSE ...

Our family is extraordinary in that it has four men: my dad Valery Leonidovich, my brothers Alyosha and Nikita, and me. And all this male company is ruled by our mother.

She has an unusually affectionate name - Veronica. Thin, big-eyed, and by nature she is girlishly mischievous, smiling, friendly. And her hands are golden! She sews and knits and draws. Her landscapes seem to tell me: "You live on earth - look at everything that surrounds you, learn to see the unusual in the ordinary, learn to listen and understand the natural world." In her pictures, either our beautiful Angara, or a clearing in the forest, surrounded by mighty centuries-old pines, or a taiga stream, cheerfully washing small pebbles, or a swamp overgrown with mud, or a wild berry bush. My mother is very gentle, affectionate, and it seems to me that she is very worried about the fate of us, her sons. Perhaps that is why she teaches us to be honest, hardworking, to be real men. Like Dad!

My dad, Valery Leonidovich, is like the other half of my mother: he knows a lot, and he is also a person who is fond of: fishing, hunting, computer, car, and also a big family!

I think we are doing well because mom and dad love each other. And they love us, their sons.

Ilya Pshenichnikov, 15 years old, Angarsky settlement

FROM A SAFE HARBOR

Outside the window, the rain is rustling, the branch of the ranetki is scraping against the window frame, the evening twilight is spreading around the room. On rainy days I read. I climb into a warm bed, and the fantasies of writers take me to another world.

It is warm and cozy for me in my grandfather's house, it is good and safe with my parents. Whom should I thank for these moments of peace and quiet?

... I remember how in the spring my mother and I whitewashed and cleaned in my grandfather's house. Mom's leg still hurt, but she, joking and singing, skillfully washed everything, washed, tidied up. Her enthusiasm was transmitted to everyone, and the work, which initially seemed unbearable, gradually surrendered to us.

Or yesterday - I really did not want to carry watering cans with water for plump-cheeked tomatoes, they already live well in a greenhouse! Grandfather did not let the vice of laziness prevail over my industriousness and ordered to water the flower garden in front of the house. But after work, he seated me on the porch and discovered a miracle: the flowers, crushed by watering, shimmered with droplets of water that merged with the stars, and it seemed as if the sky had fallen under the watering can.

Fate, family, happiness - for the first time, "adult" questions excite me. This is how a person emerges from a small family haven into the big world. And I also need to learn to live and get along with people in order to merge as a small but useful drop into the vast ocean, whose name is Humanity.

Nadezhda Gordeeva, 14 years old, village Kuragino

JUST WE ARE A FAMILY!

I always could not understand where my mother draws strength for work, how does she manage to do everything? At school, at home, talk to us, take care of your family. She has so much spiritual energy, warmth, care, she will never let you feel sad.

Over the years, I realized that her strength is us, her family! They do everything together with dad, and we are accustomed to this: cleaning the house, eating at the table, doing housework, going to the forest for firewood, relaxing on the lake, etc.

And how we together harvest hay in the swamp! For as long as I can remember, my mother always stands in the garden, and my father gives her hay. And that's how hard it is for them. None of the women in the area knows how to lay the germs like that, and my dad taught my mother this. He says that her hand is light. She is not shy about such work despite the fact that she is a teacher of Russian language and literature.

We cannot be alone. This does not mean that we are not independent. No. We are just FAMILY. Interesting fact- women of our kind marry once and for all. They don't even have the word "divorce" in their minds. The family shares joy and sorrow equally among all.

My dad's ancestors were peasants exiled to Siberia from Ukraine. His father, Klishin Valentin Alekseevich, came to our region from Tambov back in 1952 after a pedagogical school to teach mathematics. It was then that he found his Rayechka Kiyok in the Siberian outback. A friendly, strong, cheerful family turned out.

Grandma Raya loves us very much, and we love her. She lives with her daughter, but this does not mean that we have deprived her of attention. She is one of the most welcome guests in our house. My mother treats her like her own mother. Mom says: “If you want peace and prosperity in your family, learn to respect everyone who is not only next to you, but also their loved ones. Everything will depend only on you and your desire to give joy to others.

Polina Klishina, 14 years old, p. Denisovo

MOM IS ALWAYS BUSY

Once, at a Russian language lesson, the teacher gave us the task to finish the phrase: "Happiness is ...". What my classmates didn’t write: this is a beloved dog, New Year, Birthday, health, a lot of money ... And for me, happiness is my family. All families are born for happiness. True, each family is happy with its own happiness, and its hardships are also different. The main thing in our family, of course, is my mother, Valentina Stepanovna. Mom ... Mom is always busy with something: either she checks notebooks, then she prepares for lessons, then she does housework, and even when she watches TV, she also does something. Mom, of course, is very tired, although we are all trying to help her. We are the older brother Kolya and I. We listen to music every evening, my mother loves it very much when my brother and I play Russian folk songs on the harmonica and sing them all together. It is thanks to her that we have mastered musical literacy. The family is a refuge from all troubles. This is not a gift of fate, she cannot be happy at the behest of a magic wand, she is the fruit of joint efforts, efforts to build her happiness so that the family is a joy for life.

Vladimir Kunyavko, 15 years old, p. Upper Amonash

IT'S HARD TO BE A MAN

No one in our family remembers those prehistoric times, when we didn’t have girls yet and reigned in the house masculinity: tanks, planes, shooters, screwdrivers with screws.

But the hour struck, and mom and dad brought home the sisters Sashenka and Nastenka. I was worried the day before. Finally exhausted. Finally looked at our twins. But my worries did not come to an end, it seemed to me that our family had taken on an unbearable burden. After all, nothing is allowed: jumping, shouting, leading soldiers into battle, drumming loudly ... The house began to clutter up with bows, dolls, multi-colored trifles. Dad disappeared in the service, and I, a five-year-old, had to somehow learn to survive among this rigmarole.

One day, my dad took me to the beds and said, "Look how they look like you." But it was he who found the philosopher's stone, and I learned to make the gold of happiness out of the heavy lead of patience. For ten years now I cannot imagine life without Sashenka and Nastenka. Our girls study well, dance wonderfully.

Today is the first rain of the year. The girls persuaded their mother to go meet spring. My dad and I watch football on TV. We half-heartedly look, because soon our young ladies' feet and hats will get wet and they will come running, wet and capricious. We, pretending to grumble, give them tea with honey, and then we will make our legs soar, pouring boiling water into a basin.

Artem Bulat, 15 years old, Kansk

TEA WITH PIES

They say that parents are not chosen, but it happened to me that I can choose my parents, because I live in an orphanage. I don't have a mom or a dad. And sometimes you just wish they were there. When I am an adult, I will have a family, I will try to do everything possible so that my loved ones - my wife and children - are happy with me. There will be two children in my family: a boy and a girl. They will have a lot of toys, books, mom and dad will always be with them. My children will never need anything. They will study at school for "4" and "5", they will go in for sports, and their daughter will dance. My wife and I will be proud of our children and love them very much. I will forbid smoking and drinking wine and I myself will be an example for my children. I'll give up bad habits. Weekends and holidays we will spend together. In the summer we will go to nature, walk in the park. In winter we go skiing and sledding.

And in the evenings we will gather at a large table, like in our orphanage. We will drink tea with pies that my wife will bake. I will prepare the filling for the pies myself, and my children will help me.

It's great to have a grandma or grandpa in the family. My old grandmother, her name is Pana, always takes care of me, but she cannot take me in, because she is very old, she herself needs help. I am very grateful to her for her concern. My grandmother Pana is a ray of sunshine in my life.

Yes, I agree that a person's greatest happiness is a good family. A person living alone will never be happy.

Vyacheslav Grebnev, 10 years old, Zheleznogorsk

AUTUMN BOUQUET

I believe that in recent years there has been a fashion for indifference to the family. Very often you can hear or see how the son does not respect his father, the daughter is rude to the mother, the grandson considers it shameful to help his own grandmother. But how is it possible? After all, family is sacred! Family is our treasure! And to remain indifferent to the family means to be an ungrateful and soulless person.

I consider family not only part of my world, but also part of the planet. If ever a “flood” comes in my life, then I know where I can be saved. Living without a family means living alone. No acquaintances or friends can replace a brother or sister, there are no friends who will go through all the hardships of life with us, who will always be there when we need help.

I cannot understand people who boldly claim that they could live without their family and would be happy to be able to live alone. Such people do not know how precious the time we spend with our family is. "Home", "family" and "Motherland" are the same eternal concepts as "God" and "universe"!

I remember how I ran from school to the park, where I vomited dry autumn leaves. When I presented them, my mother accepted them as if I were giving her not yellowed leaves, but a bouquet of roses. Those feelings that I experienced as a child have not faded at all. I couldn't give something really valuable, but I already realized how important it is to tell my mother that I love her.

Olga Lobnenko, 16 years old, Kansk