PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN AS A FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF THE EXISTENTIAL AND AXIOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW OF CHILDHOOD IN UKRAINE

Personality development depends on many factors, among which one of the most important is the influence of worldview and value orientations formed in childhood. The purpose of the article is to analyze the main concepts of philosophy for children and to determine the specifics of their influence on the formation of existential and axiological contexts of childhood in the Ukrainian socio-cultural space. Research methodology. The methods of unity of logical and historical and historical and philosophical reconstruction allow us to carry out a historical and philosophical analysis of the main ideas of philosophy for children and determine their place in the Ukrainian philosophical discourse. In the process of analyzing the concepts of philosophy for children, determining their impact on the existential and axiological contexts of the world of childhood and substantiating their importance for the Ukrainian socio-cultural space, the author uses the following methods: unity of logical and historical, historical and philosophical reconstruction, ascent from the abstract to the concrete, ontological analysis, axiological analysis, socio-cultural analysis. Results of the study. The existential and axiological contexts of the world of childhood determine the individual trajectory of personality development in the future, because the worldview and values formed in childhood can continue to determine a person's behavior in society, and even counteract the destructive influence of external social factors. In the Ukrainian society, which is in a state of crisis during the war, the formation of personal worldview and value orientations is of particular relevance, which should begin with modeling childhood images. This study analyzes the influence of philosophy for children on the formation of existential and axiological contexts of the world of childhood and, accordingly, on the individual trajectory of personality development. The theoretical and practical significance of the study is that it is carried out taking into account the specifics of the Ukrainian socio-cultural space, because in order to find ways out of the crisis, it is necessary to develop new ideas and provisions within the Ukrainian philosophical discourse. In the process of analyzing the key provisions of philosophy for children and its impact on personality development during childhood, the author proves the effectiveness and efficiency of philosophy for children in shaping a new Ukrainian socio-cultural space.