Породичне Рутине И Ритуали Успављивања Деце – Квалитативно Истраживање

This paper is part of a research conducted with the intention of examining the pattern of family bedtime routines and rituals and determining certain regularities or irregularities in their performance. The aim was to discover family bedtime routines and rituals in a modern family. The research was approached by a qualitative method, by the interview technique, due to the need for a more complete and broader picture of this phenomenon. Mothers have quite successfully identified activities that they regularly engage in in the last hour before turning off the lights, activities that make them happy and satisfied, as well as activities that do not always involve everyone together and those that they could miss because they are not very important to them. The most common pattern of evening activities is: bathing, wearing pajamas, brushing the teeth, and a lullaby in bed,or a conversation, or a bedtime story. The analysis of the interview shows at the same time the uniqueness, but also the diversity in the characteristics and patterns of family bedtime routines and rituals. The paper is important because it is one of the few researches in our area that qualitatively deals with the topic of family routines and rituals that are of great importance for the stability and cohesion of the family, as well as for supporting the family during its expected or unexpected transitions.