Abstract

VELUDO, Cássio Marcelo Batista  and  VIANA, Terezinha de Camargo. Parenthood and child psychological development. Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) [online]. 2012, vol.22, n.51, pp. 111-118. ISSN 0103-863X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-863X2012000100013.

This paper presents an analysis of the concept of parenthood based on the psychoanalytical perspective, which allows the study of both the subjectivity of parents and children. The hypothesis is that parenthood, characteristically infiltrated by the narcissism of parents themselves, can be a source of tension. Based on this premise, it is possible to understand certain responses in the development of a child’s ego and which signals success to a greater or lesser extent in the passage from the principle of pleasure to the principle of reality. We also stress the importance of studying effects of this narcissist infiltration of parental love on the subjectivity of parents. This study contributes both to investigations addressing psychoneurosis, based on a comparison provided between clinical practice and psychoanalytical theory, and to the investigation of more complex social phenomena such as violence and the disaggregation of human communities.

Keywords : Psychoanalysis; Narcissism; Parent Child Relations; Winnicott..