Mom, Dad, kids, start! In Minsk organized a sports festival for large families

On October 14, sports competitions united large parents and their children in Minsk. The participants experienced strength in various disciplines, and the organizers prepared gifts for everyone, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

Competitions for large families have already become a good tradition. On the Mother’s Day of the participants of the holiday, which was held in the universal sports complex on the street. Chyurlionis, congratulated the Deputy Head of the Main Department of Sports of the Minsk City Executive Committee Olesya Mostov.

- First of all, I want to congratulate mothers on today’s wonderful holiday, wish them good health, success and well-being. Today we have special participants – sports families and children who are happy to join the competition. Of course, I would like after such meetings the guys came to study in our sports schools, said O. Mostova.

The sports complex has become a platform for intergenerational competitions. Participants had to try themselves in basketball, field hockey, football, as well as jumping rope. Some elements of the modern pentathlon were also presented.

The program included two family relays. Among the tests is to hold a tennis ball on a racket and knock down obstacles with a football. It required not only dexterity and coordination, but also mutual assistance: the success of the team depended on how well the adults and children acted.

Such competitions are held in the capital for the third time. Each district is represented by two large families - they act as one team. A total of 63 people took part in this holiday.

According to O. Mostova, Minsk has created ample opportunities for physical culture and sports.

- In the city, a lot is done to ensure that residents can engage in physical culture. We have more than 4,000 sports facilities, from large complexes to small venues. Everyone can choose a suitable option: to come to the sites for rehabilitation or to send the child to a sports school, so that he engaged professionally, said the Deputy head of the Main Department of Sports of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

The Poplavsky family of many children came to the start for the third time. According to her mother, Diana, such events help her four children feel like members of a single team, teach them to support loved ones and not be afraid of new challenges.

- It is important for us that children understand that family is unity. It all starts with family. We want them not to be afraid to participate, to be active and athletic, to follow the example of their parents. Our son is engaged in swimming, our daughter is engaged in equestrian sports. The rest of us are still picking up classes. We try to introduce children to sports from an early age, Diana said.

The secret of family happiness was formulated simply: the basis of strong relationships is mutual understanding and respect. Equally important is the balance in everything - in communication, behavior and upbringing of children.

There are sports hobbies of the mother herself. Diana likes running. However, the main goal of this day for the Poplavskys was not victory at any cost, but the opportunity to spend time together.

The sports holiday became not only an occasion for family leisure, but also an opportunity to discuss measures to support parents with many children. According to Tatyana Kravchenko, chairman of the Belarusian Association of Large Parents, there are about 16,000 large families in Minsk, and about 120,000 across Belarus.

State assistance to families begins with the birth of a child and includes a number of payments and benefits.

- In Belarus, lump-sum benefits are provided at the birth of a child, leave to care for him until the age of three, monthly payments, as well as family capital for large children, which, subject to the established conditions, can be used for certain purposes. And this is not all support measures, said T. Kravchenko.

The amount of one-time allowance depends on which child appeared in the family. In particular, at the birth of the first child, the payment is 10 subsistence minimum budgets (5,303.7 BYN), the second and subsequent children - 14 subsistence minimum budgets (7,425.18 BYN). Family capital can be used in the areas provided for by law, including improving housing conditions, education and medical services.

Separate measures are provided for parents raising children up to three years. Also, parents with many children can count on other benefits and forms of support provided by the state.

- It is important that families are aware of their opportunities and understand what help they can count on. We try not only to talk about support measures, but also to create occasions for communication, joint rest and participation in public life, Kravchenko said.

At the end of the holiday, all participants and fans received gifts - from sweets and clothes to cosmetics and household appliances. But the main reward for parents and children was the opportunity to strengthen family ties, support each other and introduce the younger generation to an active lifestyle.

Photo by Irina Malinovskaya