The monograph presents the results of research of employees of the laboratory of psychological problems of upbringing of the State Research Institute of Family and Education . The monograph reveals the determinants of personality development in the family: influence on the development of personality of the child's position in the family structure, the influence of coordination and dissonance of images of parents on the formation of the child's personal qualities, features of personality development in mono-ethnic and multi-ethnic families, as well as gender aspects For teachers, students, counseling psychologists and social workers.