III. Educación y valores en las Familias Monoparentales

Abstract

Along this article, the author focuses his attention, among all the types of family existing, on the monoparental ones, as this family structure has aroused troubles related to the domains and difficulties of these family structures: Will the mother be able to harmonize her working responsibilities with the family demands? What type of help would she need in a more immediate way? Would she need help (social or familiar) to assume all those responsibilities? Would she offer a suitable and educative family environment? Will the children be able to grow up and mature satisfactorily in the ward of only one ancestor? Does the father/mother, who does not live daily with the minor, lose the educative role? In which way does he/she perform the parental functions? How will she/he solve the daily absence, if this happens truly? As it will be noticeable along the text the main aim is to connect the theory to the reality of monoparental families. We are fully convinced that any theoretical thought should always be joint to the real situation in which these families are, and at the same time the family intervention should bring us back to the theoretical reflection and the continuous update of the interventions, and this is the reason of the necessity of this type of publications.

Single mothers by choice in Spain: Parenting and psychosocial adjustment in adopted and ART children.

“…At the end of the 1980s, a series of laws were enacted in Spain enabling single women to become mothers through either adoption or ART. It may be that this legal support, along with the feminist ideology underlying it, fostered the process of empowerment and self-legitimation observed among Spanish single mothers by choice (González et al, 2011), which is similar to that observed among women in other countries also (Ben-Ari & Weinberg-Kurnik, 2007; Bock, 2000). Most likely, the security afforded by a well-founded sense of competence and legitimacy has enhanced single women’s parenting and contributed to the healthy development of their children.…”

La familia como factor de riesto y de protección para los problemas comportamentales en la infancia

“…En la mayoría de estos casos, son familias con bastantes miembros, con una media de 3 a 4 hijos, y en un 30 o 40% de los casos, son familias monoparentales, a cargo de mujeres solas (Rodríguez, Camacho, Rodrigo, Martín y Máiquez, 2006;Rodrigo, Correa, Máiquez, Martín y Rodríguez, 2006). Estas familias presentan, además, precariedad económica que hace que constantemente dependan de las ayudas sociales (Arruabarrena y De Paúl, 2002;González Ortiz, 2011). Esta situación suele tener su origen en la inestabilidad laboral, en las pésimas condiciones del puesto de trabajo (Arruabarrena y De Paúl, 2002;Moreno, 2002) y en el desempleo de los responsables de dichas familias (Rodrigo et al 2006).…”

III. Educación y valores en las Familias Monoparentales

“…Si entendemos que el bienestar familiar no sólo es el resultado de una estructura determinada, sino también fruto de una dinámica de funcionamiento y de una amplia y compleja red de relaciones, podremos entender que en las familias monoparentales también "laten" valores que sustentan la conducta de los que viven en este tipo de familias (González Ortiz, J. J., 2008).…”