The attitude of parents to the observance of the components of a healthy lifestyle for their child
The article presents the attitude of parents to the observance of the components of a healthy lifestyle for their child. An important condition for a positive attitude of parents to physical education is an understanding of the impact of physical exercise on the health of children. According to the overwhelming majority of parents (77,27 %), physical education has a positive effect on the health of children, 9,09 % of respondents believe that physical exercise has a positive effect on the child's body, 13,64 % of respondents could not answer this question. The answers to the following questions are analyzed: 1. Do physical culture lessons influence the health of your child?; 2. Can you say that you are leading a healthy lifestyle?; 3. What measures should parents take to prevent a teenager's addiction to bad habits?; 4. Does your child adhere to the components of a healthy lifestyle?; 5. What place do you give to physical culture and sports in your leisure time? The attitude of parents to physical education and sports is generally positive. The answers to specific questions depend on the gender, age and education of the parents. The respondents' attitude to the presence of bad habits in their child is unambiguously negative. According to parents, an effective measure to prevent a teenager's addiction to harmful substances is playing sports. According to gender characteristics, respondents are more likely to lead a healthy lifestyle than not. This fact is a good basis for schoolchildren to imitate a positive habit.