Different Family Arrangements from the Perspective of Pre-teens
Lyege de Lima Borges Bastos,
Maria Auxiliadora Dessen
Abstract:Economic and social transformations, in the second half of the 20th century, led to changes in concepts of family. This study aimed to investigate the conceptual perspective of 40 children regarding the new configurations of the contemporary family. The children were between 11 and 14 years old, belonged to nuclear and single-parent arrangements, and wrote their answers. The results indicate that the nuclear family continues to be seen as the ‘most perfect’ family. Remarried and single-parent families were cla… Show more
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