Narrativas acerca de la comunicación, límites y jerarquía en niños con padres separados

Abstract

The present research describe the narra ves about communica on, limits and hierarchies of five children with separated parents, between eight and twelve years old, with the goal of contribu ng to the understanding of this specific kind of family dynamics, using theore cal elements of the systemic approach and corresponds to a qualita ve, descrip ve methodology with a narra ve design, using the open interviews as technique to collect the informa on. As a relevant finding, it was found that separa on is not a communica ve topic in the family, parents rarely talk or interact with each other, they do not reach agreements for raising their children and they do not create any effec ve parental unity. The mother is in charge for se ng limits to the children, and she heads the hierarchy, fully assuming paren ng. The separated father does not par cipate in the pa ern of authority, he is not either part of the hierarchical organiza on, genera ng that the equal posi on in the hierarchy is occupied by the mother and the new partner.The members of the family have not elaborated the separa on yet, as a consequence, to the difficul es to elaborate the divorce on the part of the children, a rela onal and emo onal tension is added with the new spouses of the parents.