Parents and their Involvement in Children’s Leisure Activities

Abstract

The study proposes an analysis of the opinions of the parents of Braşov concerning the offer of leisure activities for preschool children. The objectives of this exploratory study aimed the identification of the leisure activities in which the children of the interviewed subjects engage, the reasons why they engage in such activities, as well as at identifying the extent to which the offer of leisure activities for preschool children is known to the public and finding manners in which the offer could be improved. The research method was the semi-structured in-depth interview, applied to 12 subjects. The data analysis reveals the fact that parents are preoccupied with leisure activities aimed at the development of their children’s personalities and that they are not satisfied with the variety, content, and quality of the services available at present.