Att stärka familjen
En studie av hur föräldrastöd kan stärka föräldrar i sitt föräldraskap
In Gällivare municipality there is a drogpolitical plan which goal is to provide parentsupport for the municipalities parents, make sure the children get a schooling that is evolving and to provide a vide variety of activities for the children?s free time. There should be a possibility for children to have healthy second natures. There should also exist environments that are free from alcohol. At those restaurants that serve alcohol a responsible serving of alcohol should be performed. Finally there should be grown up role models in the children?s closeness that have a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this study is to look at which role the parents have in the child?s growth and how the parents can be supported in their parenthood to better support their children. The study is based on a parentsupporteducation that have been implemented in Gällivare municipality. The ambition of the education is to strengthen the parents in their role as parents and give them a better relationship with their children. To do so the education contains group discussions between the parents so that they can learn from each other and the group leaders try to get the parents to reflect over their own actions. This study have studied the results of these educations to see if the parents feel strengthened in their parenthood and to see what could be done differently. This is done by interviews with group leaders and parents within the education. From the interviews with the group leaders and the parents it was found out that all of the interviewed thought that parentsupporteducation was important. The parents felt strengthened in their parenthood and in some cases the relationship with the children had improved after the education. The study shows the importance of the parents in the children?s growth and also the importance of supporting the parents in their parenthood.