Children — a priority of state policy of Russia: content, structure, directions of implementation of the constitutional amendment

The article provides a scientific analysis of the content and implementation of the provisions of Part 4 of Article 67.1 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, according to which children are a priority of Russia's state policy. The author's understanding of these provisions is formulated, and the implementation of these provisions in the state agenda is considered. The article presents a comparative analysis of the constitutional provisions of the Russian constitutions of the Soviet period and evaluates the texts of the draft Constitutions of the Russian Federation in terms of provisions regarding children. It is concluded that the constitutional amendment about children — their rights, interests among the priorities of state policy, having secured the priority of family education of children and the need to protect traditional family values, creates the prerequisites for the development of legislation in this area, law enforcement practice, the doctrine of constitutional law.