Problems in children's behavior and the responses of society

Abstract

The purpose of the publication is to get acquainted with the many points of view of various stakeholders on the emergence, course and changes in the behavior of children in Republic of North Macedonia today and the ways in which society copes with this phenomenon and the effectiveness of social interventions. A quality research methodology was applied and interviews and focus groups were conducted with a total of 85 participants (children, parents, teachers, experts, journalists and decision-makers). The data were processed according to the principles of qualitative thematic analysis, and the results provided answers to research questions. In this research, the multi-perspective proved important for understanding how the phenomenon is understood, its origin and consequences, and identifying what does not work, that is, in part, and what needs to be done to mitigate the phenomenon.