Quality of childhood in Poland

The paper presents critical diagnosis of chosen aspects that describe quality
of childhood in Poland on the base of analysis of some conditions of functioning of children.
The main area of the analysis became some features of family environment, but some general
conditions of functioning children in society also were taken into account. On the basis
of different statistics a critical description of conditions of childhood in Poland was made,
particularly through describing possibilities of functioning in a family, socio-economical
conditions of children, child abuse and neglect, and some parameters of general quality
of a life in a society. The article is an attempt to show threats of children’s developmental
needs fulfilment, but also to present recommendations describing directions of needed
actions.