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School and Developmental Psychology • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 35 • 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e35311   copy

Egalitarian Parental Care: literature review and conceptual construction1 1 This article was translated with the support of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Proceeding 2018/13403-0. 2 2 Work derived from the thesis written by the first and the second authors, advised by the third: “Egalitarian parental care: repercussions on the construction of a triadic father-mother-baby interaction model” (Funding: São Paulo Research Foundation [proceeding nº 2015/24335-7]) and “A study on contemporary parenting and the early childhood network of care” (Funding: São Paulo Research Foundation [proceeding nº 2015/03045-0]).

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Abstract

This literature review discusses how the concept ofegalitarian parental careis constructed as a representation of the new dynamic in parents/children relations in the contemporary world. To achieve this goal, it retrieves national and international scientific publications in the last five years and focus, as a matter of priority, on the psychological perspective. Results were presented according to data distribution between areas of knowledge, methods, international and national occurrence. Analysis was based on the following categories: assumptions for an ideal egalitarian family, contemporary parenting, parenting versus work versus professional career, and egalitarian parental care. Conclusion shows that egalitarian parental care is a trend in contemporary parenthood construction and demand further investigation in diverse contexts.

Keywords:
parenthood; family; egalitarian relations; gender relations; psychology

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