ik in Nejc. Tri četrt otrok, to je približno 270.000, živi skupaj z obema staršema, od tega 52% s starši, ki so poročeni, 22% pa s starši, ki niso poročeni oz. živijo v zunajzakonski skupnosti. Delež otrok, katerih starši niso poročeni, se je v obdobju od 2011 do 2015 povečal za 4 odstotne točke, obenem pa se je za 4 odstotne točke zmanjšal delež otrok, katerih starši so poročeni. Četrtina otrok (24%) je v letu 2015 živela samo z enim od staršev, večina od teh samo z mamo (83%). Tri četrt otrok je imelo vsaj enega brata ali sestro. Otroško varstvo in guljenje šolskih klopi Vrtce je v šolskem letu 2016/17 obiskovalo več kot tri četrt otrok, starih od 1 do 5 let, od tega 5% zasebne vrtce. V zadnjih desetih letih se je število otrok, ki obiskujejo vrtce, povečalo za 15 odstotnih točk. Otroke v predšolskem obdobju pogosto varujejo tudi stari starši, prijatelji, sorodniki; v letu 2016 je bilo v takem varstvu več kot polovica otrok, starih do 5 let (v tem podatku so upoštevani tudi otroci, ki so bili sicer vključeni v vrtce, nekaj ur na teden pa so bili tudi v varstvu pri starih starših, prijateljih, sorodnikih). V osnovno šolo je bilo na začetku šolskega leta 2016/17 vključenih 97% vseh otrok, starih od 6 do 14 let. Podaljšano bivanje oz. varstvo pred poukom in/ali po njem je v letu 2016 obiskovalo 53% otrok, starih od 6 do 12 let. Ti otroci so v taki obliki varstva preživeli povprečno 10,7 ure na teden. V srednješolsko izobraževanje je bilo v šolskem letu 2016/17 vključenih 93% otrok, starih od 15 do 17 let. Večina srednješolcev je vključena v srednje tehniško in strokovno ali srednje splošno izobraževanje. Od otrok, starih od 15 do 17 let, je bil v letu 2016 zaposlen približno vsak tisoči, brezposeln pa približno vsak dvestoti. V 97% gospodinjstvih so imeli otroci, mlajši od 16 let, primeren prostor za učenje in izdelavo domačih nalog. Odstotek takih otrok je bil nižji v številnejših družinah; v gospodinjstvih s tremi ali več otroki, starimi do 16 let, na primer ni imelo na voljo takega prostora 5% otrok. Večini otrokom so starši ali skrbniki lahko omogočili šolske izlete in druge plačljive šolske aktivnosti. Iz finančnih razlogov tega niso mogli omogočiti otrokom v 3% gospodinjstev. Med gospodinjstvi, ki so živela pod pragom tveganja revščine, je bilo takih gospodinjstev več, in sicer 9%. Po podatkih iz raziskave Z zdravjem povezano vedenje v šolskem obdobju med mladostniki v Sloveniji , ki jo je v letu 2014 med šolajočimi otroci, starimi 11, 13 in 15 let, izvedel Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje (NIJZ), je bila šola všeč 30% mladostnikov, najvišji pa je bil ta odstotek med 15-letniki. Šola je bila bolj všeč dekletom kot fantom. Več deklet kot fantov je bilo mnenja, da razrednik bolje ocenjuje njihovo delo za šolo, so pa z delom za šolo bolj obremenjene kot fantje. Prosti čas, počitnice in druženje otrok Redno udeleževanje aktivnosti v prostem času , kot so krožki, športne dejavnosti, glasbena šola in druge dejavnosti, za katere je treba odšteti nekaj denarja, npr. za članarino, prispevke, opremo itd., so svojim otrokom, mlajšim od 16 let, v letu 2014 omogočili v 68% gospodinjstvih. To je v primerjavi s sosednjima Avstrijo (74%) in Madžarsko (70%) manj, v primerjavi s sosednjima Hrvaško (62%) in Italijo (64%) pa več. Največ otrok se je tovrstnih aktivnosti udeleževalo na Nizozemskem, Irskem in v Švici (v 90% gospodinjstvih); najmanj pa v Romuniji in Makedoniji (v 15% oz. 20% gospodinjstvih). Po podatkih prej omenjene raziskave NIJZ je 18 % mladostnikov v letu 2014 v prostem času več kot štiri ure na dan preživelo v sedečem položaju. 53% mladostnikov je med šolskim tednom gledalo televizijo, videoposnetke in druge zabavne vsebine dve uri ali več na dan. 28% mladostnikov je dve uri ali več na dan igralo igrice na računalniku ali drugih elektronskih napravah. Vsaj en teden počitnic na leto zunaj doma , lahko tudi pri sorodnikih, prijateljih ali v počitniškem bivališču (vikendu), so otrokom, mlajšim od 16 let, omogočili v 91% gospodinjstev. Za počitnice so bili v največjem odstotku prikrajšani otroci iz dohodkovno najšibkejših gospodinjstev; 15% takih gospodinjstev svojim otrokom ni moglo privoščiti enotedenskih počitnic. V letu 2014 so od otrok, mlajših od 16 let, domov občasno povabili prijatelje, da bi se skupaj igrali in še kaj prigriznili , otroci iz 92% gospodinjstev. Po podatkih iz omenjene raziskave NIJZ mladostniki dobro ocenjujejo podporo prijateljev, saj so jo v letu 2014 ocenili s povprečno oceno 5,3 (na lestvici od 1 do 7). Vsak tretji mladostnik je komuniciral s prijatelji prek elektronskih medijev vsak dan, dekleta v večjem odstotku kot fantje. 88% je bilo zadovoljnih s svojim življenjem. ik and Nejc. Three quarters of children live together with parents, of whom 52% with married parents and 22% with unmarried parents living in a consensual union. Between 2011 and 2015 the share of children in consensual unions increased by 4 percentage points. One the other hand, the share of children living with married parents decreased by 4 percentage points. In 2015, 24% of children were living with only one parent; most of them were living with mothers (83%). Three quarters of children were living with at least one sibling. Child care and school attendance In 2016/17 more than three quarters of children aged 1–5 were included in kindergartens in Slovenia, 5% of them in private kindergartens. In the past ten years the inclusion rate went up by 15 percentage points. In the pre-school period a common form of child care is using grandparents, friends or relatives; in 2016 more than half of children aged up to 5 were in such care (the figure includes children attending kindergartens but also spending a few hours per week in the care of grandparents, friends or relatives). At the beginning of the school year 2016/17, 97% of children aged 6–14 attended basic school . In 2016, 53% of children aged 6–12 attended after-school facilities. On average, they spent 10.7 hours per week in them. In the school year 2016/17, 93% of children aged 15–17 attended upper secondary education . Most of them attended technical and vocational programmes or general programmes. In 2016 one in a thousand children aged 15–17 was employed and one in 200 was unemployed . In 2016 in 97% of households children aged up to 16 years had appropriate space for learning and doing homework . Slightly greater problems with space for learning were observed in families with several children; 5% of households with three or more children aged up to 16 years did not have appropriate space for learning and doing homework. Parents or guardians were able to provide to almost all of their children school trips and other school activities that have to be paid for . 3% of households could not afford this due to financial reasons. Worse off were households below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, since 9% of such households could not afford such activities for their children. According to data obtained by the research Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) in Slovenia conducted by the Nacional Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), in 2014 30% of adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years liked school . 15-year-olds liked school the most. Girls liked school more than boys and they more frequently thought that form teachers assess their school work better but that they are more burdened by school work than boys. Leisure, holidays and socialising In 2014 regular participation in leisure activities , such as clubs, sports activities, music school, etc., that have to be paid for (e.g. membership fee, contribution, equipment, etc.) was provided to their children aged up to 16 years by 68% of households in Slovenia. This is less than in the neighbouring Austria (74%) and Hungary (70%) but more than in the neighbouring Croatia (62%) and Italy (64%). Children participated in such activities the most in the Netherlands, Ireland and Switzerland (90% of households) and the least in Romania and Macedonia (15% and 20% of households, respectively). According to mentioned NIJZ survey, 18% of adolescents spent more than four hours a day sitting during their leisure time. On a school day 53% of adolescents were watching TV, videos and other entertaining content two or more hours per day, and 28% of adolescents were playing computer games two or more hours per day. One-week annual holiday outside home , including at relatives or in second home, could be afforded by 91% of households. Children from low-income households were the most disadvantaged; 15% of such households could not enable their children to have a week of holidays. In 2014, children aged up to 16 years from 92% of households in Slovenia were able to invite friends to play and eat time to time. According to the NIJZ survey, adolescents (11-, 13- and 15-year-olds) assess the support of friends well; in 2014 the average mark was 5.3 (on the scale of 1 to 7). One in three adolescents communicated daily via electronic media with friends; girls more frequently than boys. 88% of them were satisfied with their lives.
O svetovnem dnevu otroka Pred 63 leti je Organizacija združenih narodov pozvala vse države sveta, naj vsaka določi poseben dan, ki bo opominjal na pomembnost blaginje otrok. V Sloveniji praznujemo svetovani dan otroka vsak prvi ponedeljek v oktobru. Na ta dan se začne tudi tradicionalni teden otroka; tudi ta obstaja od leta 1954, vsa leta pa ga pripravlja Zveza prijateljev mladine Slovenije. Osrednja tema letošnjega tedna otroka je »Povabimo sonce v šolo«. Otroci v Sloveniji Do kdaj smo otroci, je zelo relativno. Po opredelitvi Organizacije združenih narodov so otroci vse mladoletne osebe, torej osebe, ki še niso stare 18 let. Na začetku leta 2017 je bilo med prebivalci Slovenije 364.253 ali 18% otrok. V zadnjih desetih letih se je število otrok povečalo za 15.144, to je približno za toliko, kolikor prebivalcev ima občina Litija. Največ deklicam in dekletom, starim manj kot 18 let, je ime Nika, Eva, Sara, Ana ali Lara, največ dečkom in fantom, njihovim vrstnikom, pa Luka, Jan, Žan At the Children’s Day 63 years ago the United Nations called upon all nations of the world to fix a special day that would remind them of the importance of child well-being. In Slovenia the Children’s Day is celebrated on the first Monday in October at the start of the traditional Child Week, which the Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth has been organising since 1954. The central theme of this year’s Child Week is »Let’s Invite the Sun into the School«. Children in Slovenia ntil when can people be considered children is very relative. The United Nations count as children all young people aged up to 18 years. At the beginning of 2017 364,253 residents of Slovenia were children, which is 18% of the population. In the past ten years the number of children grew by 15,144 or by about as much as the population of the Municipality of Litija. Among children most girls are named Nika, Eva, Sara, Ana and Lara, while the most common boys’ names are Luka, Jan, Žan