Gębka, Mikołaj2013-02-092013-02-092011Roczniki Socjologii Rodziny, 2011, tom 21, s. 37-55.0867-2059http://hdl.handle.net/10593/4461The article points to a number of questions related to the procreative role. Of importance to this role and to its condition is the fact that the character of the value that a child has for its parents has changed, from a practical, utilitarian one ("hands for work", "security for old age") towards an autotelic one (fulfilment of one's dreams, satisfaction of one's need for becoming a parent, etc.). This change, combined with advances in medical science, has allowed the weight of the process of procreation to shift from the "quantity" to the "quality" of the offspring.plArtykuł