Transmisja międzypokoleniowa w rodzinach wiejskich w Małopolsce
Intergenerational Transmission in Rural Families in Małopolska

Summary/Abstract: The transmission of cultural content takes place on the way and within the process of socialization, including the so-called initial, make in childhood and mainly in the family (although it may also be in other primary groups). Intergenerational transmission may take different forms and directions, but it is worthwhile to draw attention to the role of the generation of grandparents as those who first communicate to their children and then to their grandchildren their knowledge and experience. This kind of message is a lasting feature of family life. What is particularly import ant, the rural environment especially conducive to maintaining intergenerational relationships in a more traditional form than in large urban settings. The aim of the presented paper is an attempt to assess the essence of the intergenerational transmission in rural families in Małopolska. The relationship between the eldest and the youngest generation, so relations of grandparents and grandchildren, was taken into account. This article presents the results of research conducted in 2015, referring to previous researches by the author on multi-generational rural families in Małopolska, and also by comparison with the results of other authors’ research. On the basis of comparative studies it can be stated that while older generations no longer serve as an important advisory role in the family, as it once was, it is different in introducing young people into Polish history, communicating national and family traditions and customs, and also telling the events of their life. So seniors owed a high degree of traditionalism and tradition to their families.

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