YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

260 with each other and young people’s feelings of being loved by their par- ents. 4 Better relationships with parents tend to increase the chances of parental support, which was confirmed also in our research. Young peo- ple who have better relationship with their parents tend to expect more help from their parents in all the areas studied: in finding permanent housing (rho = 0.28; p < 0.01), in childcare (rho = 0.28; p < 0.01), in find- ing a job (rho = 0.18; p < 0.01), in further education (rho = 0.18; p < 0.01), and with money or gifts (rho = 0.16; p < 0.01). Although the vast majority of young people still count on the parental support in all key life situations, these expectations have dropped significantly since 2010. For example, in 2010, 46% of young people expressed a high level of parental assistance in finding permanent housing, while in 2020 this share was only 29%. 7.2.2  UNDERSTANDING WITH PARENTS Understanding or communication with parents is closely related to in- terpersonal relationships, so poorer understanding can increase conflic- tive relationships between young people and their parents. In general, young people in Slovenia get along well with their parents, with a slightly better understanding with their mother (M = 4.27; SD = 0.91; on a 5-point scale) thanwith their father (M= 4.06; SD = 1.00). Com- pared to 2010, there were no major changes in the average responses. However, the averages are somewhat misleading. As Figure 7.8 shows, the share of young people who have a poor or unbearable relationship with their parents has increased significantly between 2010 and 2020. The averages remained unchanged because at the same time the share of young people who reported very good relationship with their mother (from 41% to 49%) and their father (from 36% to 40%) also increased sig- nificantly. We can therefore speak of a kind of polarization; on the one