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Family policy has its typical features in individual welfare regimes, and it is reflected not only in public expenditures, but also in intergenerational relations and in the overall economic and social development of individual countries. It has also made a distinctive mark in Czechia, where the re-familiarisation of family policy occurred during the 1990s. Changes in governments have also brought reforms to individual benefits, marketing methods have likewise been put to significant use in public policies. This paper presents comparative analyses both the role of family policy within the individual welfare regimes and especially Czech family benefits and their developmental tendencies. At the same time, it also uncovers incorrect calculations of the full wage equivalent for Czech parental benefits and analyses the existing proposals, including the introduction of bonuses for children into pension provision. Czechia needs a paradigm reform of family benefits and at least a technical reform of its public pensions in the interests of significantly increasing the efficiency of the entire system, including the strengthening of intergenerational cooperation.