Dysfunctionality and problems of the contemporary Polish family in the light of statistical data and supportive state actions

Abstract

People constantly participate in the process of change, changing themselves as the reality around them is changing. The development of science and technology, and, what is related to this, the progressive social transformations bring with them changes extremely desirable by human, but also they bring many risks. Researchers draw attention to the alarming features of modernity, which include: consumerism, individualism and instrumentalism in interpersonal relations based on profit calculations. They write about human loneliness and progressing deconstruction in the approach to the issues of social life, which does not omit the family, whose quality of functioning determines the quality of life and development of its members. This article describes a dysfunctional family and presents statistical data illustrating problems of the contemporary family as well as activities of the Polish state aimed at supporting it.