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The text presents the main issues related to old age and aging in relation to the family values professed by the young generation. The article consists of two parts: theoretical and empirical. The former one focuses on the main issues of the subject along with their characteristics, while the latter contains the research on family values from the perspective of secondary school students. The research shows the similarity between the values held by the youth and their parents which proves the importance of the family in the process of passing on values.