UDC 37.01

DOI: http://doi.org/10.15350/2409-7616.2023.3.24

Suslova T.F.¹ (Moscow, Russian Federation) – sibir812@mail.ru, Starovoitova L.I.² (Moscow, Russian Federation) – starovojtova@list.ru

¹State University of Education

²Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov

Abstract. The article reveals the educational potential of the grandparents, their role in the socialization of the younger generation. The features of intergenerational relations, types and roles of grandparents and their influence on the development of children (grandchildren) are analyzed. Some aspects of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren – preschoolers, younger schoolchildren and adolescents are presented. The points of view of domestic and foreign scientists on intergenerational relations between grandparents and grandchildren are given. The types and roles of progenitors proposed by domestic and foreign scientists are analyzed, and the results of a study by scientists from Russia, the USA and some Western countries of interpersonal relations in the dyads “grandmother – grandson – teenager” and “grandmother – grandson – junior schoolchild” are considered. The main conclusion based on the results of theoretical and empirical research was the assertion that, despite the concern about the declining role of grandparents in the upbringing and socialization of the younger generation, the vast majority of grandparents have close and constructive contact with their grandchildren, there is a creative and meaningful connection between generations.The results of the study can be useful for teachers and heads of educational institutions, as well as students in the areas of training “Pedagogy” and “Social work”.

Keywords: grandparents, socialization of the younger generation, types and roles of grandparents, intergenerational ties.

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For citation:  Suslova T.F., Starovoitova L.I. The role of grandparents in the upbringing and socialization of the younger generation. CITISE, 2023, no. 3, pp. 282-292. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15350/2409-7616.2023.3.24