Child care systems and discourse of different caretakers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Evidences of development trajectories

Authors

  • Luciana Fontes PESSÔA Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica.
  • Maria Lucia SEIDL-DE-MOURA Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social.
  • Dandara de Oliveira RAMOS Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Instituto de Medicina Social.
  • Deise Maria Leal Fernandes MENDES Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social.

Keywords:

Child care, Parental care, Caregivers, Child development

Abstract

The care of young children in urban and Western societies has currently been shared, especially between daycare services, nannies, and maternal grandmothers, mainly in middle-class families. When considering the developmental process and its trajectories in the context studied, it is necessary to take the beliefs of these different caregivers into consideration. Therefore, studying and understanding the development trajectories in the children’s construction of self that are evident in the discourse of different caregivers in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is important. A semi-structured interview using five photographs representing different Parental Care Systems was conducted with a total of 60 dyads composed of mothers of children up to one year old and a child care provider: grandmothers, nannies, and daycare educators, 20 dyads of each, respectively. Body contact and face-to-face contact were the most frequent mentioned discourse of the respondents. The characteristics of these discourses are discussed in terms of their beliefs and the tendencies of development trajectories prioritized.

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Published

2023-03-15

How to Cite

PESSÔA, L. F., SEIDL-DE-MOURA, M. L., RAMOS, D. de O., & MENDES, D. M. L. F. (2023). Child care systems and discourse of different caretakers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Evidences of development trajectories. Psychological Studies, 33(1). Retrieved from https://seer.sis.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7794

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2016): Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)

Section

THEMATIC SECTION: RESEARCH WITH THE CHILD, THE MOTHER, AND THE FAMILY

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