Egalitarian Parental Care: literature review and conceptual construction

• Author(s): Santos,Carine Valéria Mendes dos ; Campana,Nathalia Teixeira Caldas ; Gomes,Isabel Cristina
• Date: 2019
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): parenthood; family; egalitarian relations; gender relations; psychology
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

Abstract This literature review discusses how the concept ofegalitarian parental careis constructed as a representation of the new dynamic in parents/children relations in the contemporary world. To achieve this goal, it retrieves national and international scientific publications in the last five years and focus, as a matter of priority, on the psychological perspective. Results were presented according to data distribution between areas of knowledge, methods, international and national occurrence. Analysis was based on the following categories: assumptions for an ideal egalitarian family, contemporary parenting, parenting versus work versus professional career, and egalitarian parental care. Conclusion shows that egalitarian parental care is a trend in contemporary parenthood construction and demand further investigation in diverse contexts.