Abstract

The topic of the research in the book of senior researcher Dr. Kapka Stoyanova and senior researcher Dr. Alla Kirova is extremely topical due to the nature of the problem. It is known that children are the future of our nation and any failure in the management of this sphere can lead to very adverse consequences not only for them but also for the overall development of the country. It must be noted that the results of such lapses are particularly difficult to overcome, which makes it imperative that they should not be allowed by the society.

The topicality of the issue is also linked to the socio-economic situation in the country, and in particular to the impoverishment of a large part of the population and the negative demographic trends that have emerged (relatively low birth rate, unfavourable age structure, large emigration of mainly young people, increasing illiteracy among the very young, etc.).