Family Day 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic

T the speaker. he Czech UPF chapter convenes every year on occasion of the Family Day a special event. On the 30th May 2019 together with the Civic Institute we convened a half day conference in the Cevro Institute University in Prague. There were two panels: Family and Media, and Why we need family. In the first panel called “Family and Media” two known journalists spoke about the way how the family and family values are depicted in the media. Mgr. Jan Gregor, vice president of the Alliance for family and media Mgr.Matyáš Zrno, editor in chief of expert offered a detailed analysis what The second panel called “Why we the Conservative newspaper and also need family” was opened by Dr. Juraj the mainstream media wrote about Psychology today monthly spoke from family and family values based on a Lajda, president of the Czech UPF. He his experience. He said that the introduced the family as the primary research of about 20 most important journalists usually stand politically printed, electronic and private media social environment for human beings. elsewhere than the people in reality. As The problems of the family influence during the last several years. an example, he said that in Germany According to the research the majority the society. All world religions support 40% journalists would be for the Green and honour the family and family of articles on family in the mainstream even though the reality among the media is negative (about 60%) the rest values, added the speaker. He population is 20%. Concerning the introduced the vertical and horizontal is positive or neutral. The media family in the conservative media, he present the traditional family often as a structure of the family as far as the said that it is more important to write relationships are concerned and social issue. Statistically this is not about family positively – large families true. In reality traditional families are compared the family structure with the etc. than to focus and criticize the structure and order of the universe. The richer, more stable and more educated. negative articles on family. This negative media picture destroys family external structure needs internal the ideal of a harmonized family, leads content which is love that we can

experience in the family. The four Next speaker Dr. Roman Joch, Inspiration. To love somebody great realms of love and heart are the director of the Civic Institute and unconditionally is very difficult. Only core and each family should develop political scientist said that the family the saints were able to love their them. We need a new view on family. became a political question. Nobody in enemies but, in the family, it is In order to build up good families and the USA would think some years ago possible, introduced her speech N. prevent the undesired results we need that family can be something else than Nováková. In the family we love each to start at home. Next the educational a man and a woman. According to the other even though somebody is ugly. system should support strengthening of speaker the democracy has 3 ideals: The education of children is the right healthy families and the social policy freedom, equality and authority. The of the parents. Parents very often of the state should create a good best unit that correspond to this resign on the education of their own environment for the families. Finally, it political system is family because we children and offer this role to the state. is the culture, arts and last but not least have here freedom (man and woman School should teach the ideals. media that can contribute to marry out of free will), equality (the Today’s battle for family is the battle establishing of good families husband and wife are equal to each between good and evil said the speaker concluded his speech the speaker. other) and authority (children are equal in conclusion. among themselves but not towards The following discussion opened many their parents – they respect the questions concerning the family policy authority). A good functioning family and trends that engender the family. is independent on the state and is the Among the people in the audience best prevention against the dictatorship were academicians, religious and totality. The family breakdown representatives and general public. strengthens the role of the state. People become more dependent on the state. That’s why the state should give the family more autonomy, concluded the speaker. The last speaker was H. E. Nina Nováková, former MP and chairwoman of the Central European