The subject of the research is students’ emotional state after school moving. The research is aimed at identifying changes in the students’ emotional state after school moving and clarifying some related factors. Respondents were sampled by a non-stochastic method, by trying to achieve the most representative target group. In total, 2075 students and their parents from 159 schools of all types participated in the research. They represented almost all districts of the country. The main research instrument was questionnaires for both students and their parents. The questionnaires were composed on the basis of a preliminary phenomenological qualitative research. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS. Depending on the data specificity different statistical methods were applied, namely, the hypotheses were checked by using Chi-square, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis criteria, correlations between variables were evaluated by Spearmen, Cramer’s V coefficients.

The present article focuses on the issue of the development of social competence in pre-primary children in families with different education background. It gives an overview of Lithuanian and foreign educational scientists’ attitudes to the role of the family and the educational institution in the cooperation in developing social skills in children. Based on the results of the empiric research, the article presents attitude held by parents with different education to the development of social competence in pre-primary children. It also identifies the following consistent patterns: parents with higher educational background are more conscious of the importance of communication skills for pre-primary children and support an active role of the family and the educational institution in facilitating children’s socialisation.