Legal concept of institutional care, resocialization role of parents, behavioral roles, consistence of shaping the impact, family background, socio-economic status of a family, financial status, educational status, socially deviative behavior, diminished/weakened social relations, parental behavior

This paper aims to contribute to the examination of the parents´ role in the process of resocialization of children at risk. It is informed by knowledge gained through research into resocialization partnerships of parents in the Czech Republic. It reflects on the parental role as part of the so called condition of consistence of shaping the impact of the social background of a child. The paper presents the following issues related to the current situation of parental partnerships: a) expectations of the parental partnership required by law, b) typology of mothers´ roles, c) profile of the family background of an adolescent describing the family's social status, the occurrence of social deviation and quality of parental behavior in the families of those adolescents who are subject to institutional care.