Modern social conditions, increased information flows, socio-economic changes and crises lead to a change in values in young people. The phenomenon of parental infantilism, including financial dependence, inability to manage one’s own family, affects the economic and demographic situation of the country. However, due to the complex nature of this phenomenon, the multifaceted nature of its causes and the influence of socio-psychological factors, it has not been sufficiently studied as a research topic. This creates the need to study infantilism in parents as a socio-psychological problem