Children's and teenagers' health formation in the history of the domestic pedagogy
In the article the author cites statistical data, which indicate that there is the demographic crisis in Ukraine, which starts in the family and school. To suspend or even to ease this process, the author offers to study the heritage of outstanding teachers, their views on children's and teenagers' health and to use it in the development of the rising generation's health. In the article the issues of children's and teenagers' formation starting from the primitive communal system till the beginning the 20<sup>th</sup> century were elucidated: upbringing and advocacy of the health cult in the primitive communal and slaveholding systems, upbringing at Scythian and Sarmats of the Kievan Rus times, upbringing pupils in brethren's, Sechian and Cossack schools, boys' desire from rural families to inherit Cossack honor. The health system, which is keeping the upbringing, was discovered on the basis of the analysis of the heritage such teachers as Ya.A.Komenskiy, G.S. Skovoroda, T.G.Shevchenko, A.V.Duchnovich, K.D.Ushynskiy, P.F. Lesgavt.