Conference:
ECER 2008
Format:
Symposium Paper
Session Information
14 SES 11, Family-School-Community Partnership Strategies for Children's Development and School Achievement. International Perspectives (Part 2)
Symposium, continued from 14 SES 11
Time:
2008-09-12
16:45-18:15
Room:
A1 318
Chair:
Raquel-Amaya Martínez-González
Contribution
The aim of this study is to assess an educational program for improving the socio- personal development of minors living in situations of social vulnerability, and the parenting skills of their parents. The sample group comprised both fathers, mothers and minors; 10 families participated in the first phase and 6 participated in the second phase. A pretest-posttest design was used, assessing the process using questionnaires and diaries. Improvements were found in the emotional and cooperation skills of the minors, as well as in parents’ ability to respond to their children’s needs. The educational intervention helps develop values such as ‘learn to care for’ in contexts of social vulnerability. The work carried out has contributed to helping children increase both their awareness of their parents inability to look after them and the effort that they are making to learn and improve. As Barudy (2005) says, the recognition by children of their parents’inability to care for them frees them from the feeling of guilt they frequently feel in relation to the family situation. This is important because it may contribute to avoiding the trans-generational learning of inappropriate parenting patterns. This is due in part to the fact that children living in situations of serious social vulnerability thus begin to construct a positive idea of the concept of parenting.
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