The birth of a disabled child is an event, which has an influence on the quality of family life. In the article the author presents how the child’s disability determines life situation of other family members. The paper described the specificity of parental roles in the family with a disabled child and the analyzed psychosocial situation of the healthy siblings.
The parenthood occupies a special place among family roles. The role of a mother or a father opens new perspectives and contributes certain values and experiences to the life of the individual. It can be assumed that the successful development of an offspring is one of the most important criteria of the successful parenthood. The mental handicap of a child is a factor determining the implementation of parental roles, and thus an individual development of mother or father. The results of study of parents with mentally handicapped child are presented in the paper.
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