Abstract:
Family is the foundation of a society, the "basic cell" of a country. Given that the impact of
migration falls upon such essential institution as family is, it proves the importance of a complex analysis of
family-migration mutual influence. In recent years, in Moldova, labor migration has acquired a mass
character, leading to a significant increase of the number of children without parental care. Migrant
parents‟ tend to provide children with a better living environment, unfortunately has negative social
consequences: broken families, children without parental care and comfort. These children develop vague
personalities, and consequently, form a generation of adults with social integration problems. Frequent
comebacks home of the parents could greatly reduce the psychological and social costs of separation of their
children. We explore reasons for return migrations which are motivated by immigrants‟ concerns about their
children. We show that parental concerns about the child may lead to an increase, or to a decrease in the
tendency to return home.