Financial support for large families. Nature, forms, significance

• Published in: Fides et Ratio
• Main Author: Beata Krajewska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fides et Ratio Foundation 2023-09-01
• Subjects: forms of support for large families; family policy; large family
• Online Access: https://fidesetratio.com.pl/ojs/index.php/FetR/article/view/1205

The large family is constantly being the subject of research exploration. The perspective of its functioning, positive aspects for the development and socialization of the child, as well as the difficulties experienced and the need for support become the subject of the discourse around this particular category of families. The purpose of this study is to present the individual and most important benefits and solutions aimed at supporting large families and their assessment to what extent they form a coherent system, together with an indication of directions for its improvement. Apart from broader research explorations, there remains the issue of large families themselves, limiting them to showing selected aspects, which also applies to the only outlined issue of family policy and support for large families within it. To achieve this goal, the analytical and synthetic method of reviewing the sources of law and literature was used. The available forms of support for large families in the form of various types of benefits, discounts and allowances are an important element of family policy that still requires improvement. There is also a permanent need for educational impact in the field of large families, reflectiveness in their assessment, showing them in a positive but true light, without omitting what is difficult, troublesome and important for them.