Fostering family values and norms among students as a prerequisite for preventing an axiological crisis in society

The article presents the results of a series of focus groups with Perm University students (n=36) on «Searching in optimal practices for promoting family values and norms among students». Analysis showed, inter alia, that 1) growing distrust of students towards the state, as well as schools and universities as conductors of state policy, weakens the disciplinary function of these institutions, yet 2) it is from schools and universities that students expect effective help in terms of sex education, and from the state they expect the suppression of «digital uncared-for-ness», which gives rise to sexual promiscuity and lack of cultural norms; 3) adults as agents of socialization are required to increasingly engage the students in socially significant activities and events, which would ultimately boost the level of his/her responsibility for his/her nears and dears, including future children; 4) it is essential to use game-like approaches to helping students solve their psychological issues by involving graduates of drama schools and/or psychology departments, 5) all activities at school, including academic disciplines of the arts and humanities cycle, should influence the teenager’s consciousness in terms of adopting models of successful interpersonal, and intergender, relationships; 6) it is advisable to fully support the projects of bloggers who are student opinion leaders and actively engage bloggers in the development of government initiatives. The article contributes to the plans by axiologists and the government to elaborate effective methods for regulating family relationships among students and maintaining traditional values in society.