ABSTRACT
This is a qualitative study, which has as its objective knowing the impact of marital relations and non-shared parental projects on parenting from the perspective of the female head of the household. The participants of this study were ten mothers who constituted monoparental families. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were used for data collection, and an thematic content analysis was carried out. The results showed that the parental project,, when not shared by both parents, produces weak points in the exercise of parenting, especially with regard to the involvement of the fathers. Furthermore, despite the changes attributed to the role of the father in the family, the exercise of fatherhood still seems to be, from the perspective of women, considered as optional for many men.
Keywords:
marital relations; parenthood; father absence; family relations