родители

 The family institution is a complex social phenomenon, which experienced the terminological and structural transformation. In modern society the requirements increase to the quality of childcare and parents are imposed more obligations towards them. The right of the child on family care is an essential right of the child because the family care plays an important role in the physical and emotional development of children.

The article focuses on a constitutional obligation of parents to take care of their children in the Russian Federation. This issue has not yet been thoroughly studied in the Russian constitutional law science despite vital importance of its key issues: child upbringing, financial support, education, health care, etc. The author gives definition of the given constitutional obligation and describes its characteristics. The author dwells on the concept and characteristics of this constitutional obligation.