Rodzice animatorami aktywności sportowej łódzkich gimnazjalistów

Family as the primary educational environment plays a crucial role in developing children’s awareness: it supports, motivates, and participates in the development of their sporting habits and healthy way of life. The survey respondents included 2749 first-year junior secondary school pupils in Lodz (n= 2749). Analyses of the survey were conducted for the city districts and aimed to find statistically significant variables that may have a considerable impact on pupils’ participation in sport activities. In the district of Bałuty, survey results reveal that only 33.5 per cent of parents frequently spend their leisure time actively with their children; 53.8 per cent do it sometimes, while as many as 12.8 per cent never do it. The primary reasons for children’s loneliness include lack of time, lack of interest, and tiredness of their parents (47 per cent) or children’s unwillingness to spend leisure time with their parents (18 per cent). Parents’ organizational activities include praising children and expressing satisfaction with their participation in sports – 50.4 per cent; awarding and supporting them – 7.2 and 26.4 per cent respectively. As many as 16 per cent of parents are indifferent in this respect.