Education of Children and Young People in Patristic Thinking and Contemporary World.

This text aims to affirm the role of Christian education of children and young people in contemporary society according to the moral and spiritual principles of the Church. It presents the importance of faith, reading, school, rules and other factors in the formation of the next generation. At the same time, the text addresses the challenge and danger of new technology, the temptation of entertainment and its permanent and free accessibility, as well as the harmful effects of digital devices on children (smartphone, tablet, laptop, internet, e-mail, social networks, etc.). In the context of many and varied challenges, the Church aims to highlight and preach the spiritual and moral methods that have formed and perfected whole generations of Christians throughout history among whom various saints, historical figures and people of culture have risen. In the family, the spiritual and moral upbringing of children is essential and is the basic form of its existence and one of its main purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]