The magazine presents articles and training manuals on various issues of upbringing children in families. It will be interesting both for parents and specialists working with them.

The publication is the methodological manual for the training. Not only has the concept “conscious parenthood” been highlighted in this book but information about the effective foreign and domestic programs for parents who have children of different age groups is been given. The book emphasizes the existing possibilities for the growth of the upbringing potential of the community. This edition will be useful to social services specialists, social pedagogues and social workers, representatives of the public organizations and officials who deal with social sphere problem solving.

Training Candidates to Foster Parents and Parents-Educators The manual of trainer is an innovative for Ukraine addition which presents ukrainina version of PRIDE program (РRIDE - Stiching Op Kleine Schaal). Parents resources (fro development, information and education) appeared in USA in early 1990 and very soon the program was recognized in number of European countries, in particular, Netherlands, Poland, Hungary. This is a program to train not only foster parents but also parents-educators and other caregivers.

The methodical manual will be interesting for specialists working with families in crises. It presents step-to step recommendations to develop skills to provide social support to families in crises in order to save a family for a child.

In the methodical manual the authors accentuate modern views connected with the parenthood in the whole and competent parenthood in particular its components and ways of forming.