Straipsnyje aptariama fizinių bausmių taikymo prieš vaikus problema. Lietuva įvardijama šalimi, kurioje tėvai dažnai taiko fizines bausmes vaikams, tačiau, nepaisant tarptau-tinių institucijų raginimo, iki šiol nėra priėmusi įstatymo, tiesiogiai draudžiančio taikyti fizines bausmes vaikams. Nors fizinių bausmių žala nustatyta, tačiau diskusija apie tai, kad tėvai turi turėti galimybę taikyti fizines bausmes kaip vaiką drausminančią priemonę, tęsiasi iki šiol. Tyrimu siekiama pagrįsti fizinių bausmių patirties tiriamųjų sėkmei poveikį, kurio apibendrinamuoju rodikliu laikomas laimės išgyvenimas, ir požiūriui į fizinių bausmių taikymą. Tyrimu nustaty-tas fizinių bausmių paplitimas, ryšys tarp požiūrio į fizines bausmes ir respondentų amžiaus, išsilavinimo. Taip pat nustatytas ryšys tarp fizinių bausmių patirties vaikystėje ir laimingumo lygio suaugus.

The dominant model of the family after divorce is mother and child.This type of family splits into two groups: the family in which the father is actively involved in child’s or children’s education and the family where he is excluded or opts out of this obligation. In the second case, a woman searching for a new marriage partner pays more attention to his paternal qualities and skills.The data shows that men envision themselves better in this type of family than in the one where father and child still maintain their relationship.

Core values that guide a personality due to its well-being, a sense of life, and generally-good luck. Among these values are significant at the place occupied by the secular or religious values. This paper presents the Lithuanian population happiness levels and interfaces with the belief / disbelief results. The survey in 2014. September. The research method-a survey respondent’s home. In total, 1 005 people over 18 years of age. The study shows that the respondents can be grouped into three distinguished by the happiness and future prospects of the perception of groups. The first group composed 45.1 % of respondents who consider themselves happy and hope for a successful future. The second group – Negative evaluating the current situation, but waiting for positive change. It would depend to 32.9 % of the respondents. The third group, which includes one in five respondents (20.9 %) is present and disappointed they did not expect positive change in people. The collected do not allow statistically sound conclusions about the detailed belief / disbelief and happiness interfaces. Trend can befound, believe that, regardless of religious practice may be happierth another respondents. It was found that non-believers and atheists below assessed their happiness than the other respondents.

The most important of them are community education and psychological help for families raising juvenile girls. It is also important to mention devices intended to develop juvenile girls' resistance to involvement in prostitution. Here, first of all, it is necessary to mention involvement of juveniles in the process of information about prostitution damage spread, and education and realization of attitudes, contrary to prostitution.

The aim of the article "the role of parish in local community" is to present certain results from the researches "local community 2005" and "local community 2006". These results disclosed the idiosyncrasy of parish behaviour, as well as the connections and relations of the parish with the local community. The researches revealed some important results. First of all, respondents of all age groups admitted the influence of the church, especially when getting people together. Moreover, respondents from the age group of sixty-one and older consider such influence to be unmitigated. The research also revealed the possibilities for optimisation of the activity of local community. These possibilities are, first of all, related to the positive role of church in Lithuania, especially when shaping social links. It is believed that such social links can and will be created more optimally if the leaders of every parish have proper educational and administrative preparation. To conclude it should be said that the researches "local community 2005" and "local community 2006" are very important and relevant in the following aspects: humanistic — value related (shows that the role of church in post-modernistic lithuania is very important in forming social ties), educative (certain educative knowledge is needed in order to act socially) and, finally, managerial (only systematic managerial actions help each parish to function effectively in the local community).