PRODUCING AND REPRODUCTIVE CONTEXTS OF PARENTING IN FAMILIES OF YOUNG PARENTS AND MOTHERS

Objective: to analyze the elements of the context that are imbricated in the parenting experiences of young fathers and mothers in the municipality of Cúcuta. Methodology: a qualitative study with a phenomenological interpretative approach that considers language as a resource and a form of reproduction of the social world. For its exploration, in-depth interviews, genograms and cartographies were used. In addition, five families of young fathers and mothers with sons and daughters were integrated. Results: The young fathers and mothers report four main categories that emerge in a relational framework of parenting contexts. These are the extended family as a context of power and shelter, the State as a structure that permeates the forms of parenting, the market as a priority element for the care of children, and the community as a structure inscribed in parenting. Conclusion: parenting is inscribed in contexts according to the possibilities of the subjects; likewise, it allows interactions and participation of others in the nuclear environment. According to the social place occupied by the father and mother and their relationships, they accept the informational and instrumental contributions received; sometimes, they are inscribed in them. However, they keep a certain distance to act reflexively in the child’s care.