I uppsatsen undersöks det hur föräldrar uppfattar Babblarna som leksak och pedagogiskt medel, Babblarna är ett barnmedium riktat till barn dock köps Babblarna av föräldrarna som övertygas av dess narrativ av olika skäl. En receptionsanalys med intervjuer och ett fältarbete med bloggar och forum genomfördes. Resultatet av detta analyseras sedan genom en dekonstruktion samt genom att applicera olika tolkningar efter Kim Schröders flerdimensionella teori. Detta tolkades sedan i samband med en definition av vad föräldraskap är. Slutsatsen blev att föräldrarna uppfattade uttrycket pedagogiskt efter sin egen tolkningsram och att Babblarna var positivt efter hur deras barn reagerade, i slutändan kan förälderns resonemang tolkas som en kamp mellan barnets glädje och förälderns förnuft. / This essay discusses how parents perceive Babblarna as a toy and as a pedagogic instrumentation, Babblarna is children’s media aimed towards children however it’s bought by their parents that are persuaded by it for different reasons. One receptions analysis with interviews and a field research with blogs and forums was done. The results of it were then analyzed with the deconstruction theory and with Kim Schröder’s evaluation implentetion theory as a point of departure. This was then interpreted with the definition of what parenthood is. The conclusion is that parents perceived the term pedagogic after their own interpretation and that Babblarna was regarded as positive after how their children reacted. In the end can the reasoning be interpreted like a struggle between the child’s happiness and the reason of parenthood.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar o processo de transição para a parentalidade no contexto de cardiopatia congênita do bebê. Participaram do estudo quatro casais, pais de crianças que nasceram com malformação cardíaca, que estavam acompanhando seus filhos durante a internação em Unidade de Tratamento Intensivo. Foi utilizado delineamento de estudo de casos coletivo e a coleta de dados foi feita através de uma entrevista individual com a mãe e com o pai sobre os primeiros momentos após o nascimento do bebê com malformação e a experiência da maternidade e da paternidade, respectivamente. Os dados foram analisados segundo os pressupostos da análise de conteúdo qualitativa. Os resultados do estudo indicaram que a notícia da malformação cardíaca do bebê interfere no processo de parentalização de maneira profunda. Destacou-se a intensa preocupação das mães com a sobrevivência dos bebês, evidenciada através de uma dedicação exclusiva a eles. Já os pais demonstram-se muito envolvidos com seus filhos, assumindo também a tarefa de proteger as mães. / The present study aimed to investigate the transition process to parenthood in the context of congenital heart disease. Four couples, whose children were born with heart malformation, took part in the study. They all stayed with their children when they were in an Intensive Care Unit. A collective-case study design was used and data were collected through an individual interview with mothers and fathers on the first moments after giving birth to a child with malformation, and the experience of motherhood and fatherhood, respectively, in the context of heart malformation. Data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis. The results indicated that the diagnosis of heart malformation interferes in the parentalization process in a very intense way. Mothers were extremely concerned about the infant's survival and very dedicated to him/her. Besides being very involved, fathers also assumed the task of protecting mothers.

O tornar-se pai e mãe e constituir uma família são fenômenos importantes para o estabelecimento de uma identidade social adulta, contribuindo para a realização pessoal do indivíduo. Quando esse projeto parental não pode ser realizado em decorrência de infertilidade no casal, é possível recorrer às técnicas de reprodução assistida, como uma tentativa de concretização desse projeto. Entretanto, o desgaste físico e emocional decorrente desses procedimentos pode conferir à gestação e à parentalidade um caráter específico, com repercussões ainda pouco conhecidas. Por meio deste estudo longitudinal, com três casais que engravidaram por técnicas de reprodução assistida, buscou-se conhecer o processo de tornar-se pai e mãe no contexto da reprodução assistida, com medidas coletadas no terceiro trimestre de gestação e aos três meses do bebê. Os resultados apontaram que a vivência da gestação nesse contexto caracteriza-se pelo constante medo de perder o bebê, mesmo no último trimestre gestacional, sendo que as gestantes deste estudo apresentaram sentimentos de incapacidade de levar a gestação a termo. A prematuridade tornou real a possibilidade de perda do bebê, tornando a vivência dessa etapa um desafio. Superado esse período, o medo da perda do bebê diminuiu, dando espaço para o estabelecimento da crença de que esses casais são capazes de garantir a sobrevivência de seus bebês. / Becoming a father or a mother and building a family are important phenomena that contribute for the establishment of an adult identity as well as for a personal accomplishment. When the dream of building a family can not be fulfilled couples may be helped by assisted reproduction techniques, although the physical and psychological stress produced by these techniques is not well-known yet. This longitudinal and qualitative research aims at knowing how transition to parenthood occurs in the context of assisted reproduction techniques. Three couples who got pregnant through assisted reproduction techniques were interviewed in two moments: during the last trimester of pregnancy and when the baby is three months old. The results show that the participants of this research lived pregnancy freightened by the possibility of loosing their baby. When the baby was born these feelings turned into a possibility due to they were pre-term babies. Afterwards, these feelings decreased while the belief of being capable of keeping the baby alive emerged.

Este trabalho investigou o desenvolvimento da relação coparental e conjugal durante o processo de transição para a parentalidade, no contexto da reprodução assistida. Realizou-se um estudo de caso coletivo longitudinal. Três casais responderam a entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas em três momentos: (a) a gestação (b) após o terceiro mês de vida do bebê e (c) após o primeiro ano do bebê. Os dados foram submetidos a uma análise narrativa, que enfocou tanto as particularidades de cada casal, como suas semelhanças. Sugere-se a existência de um processo de diferenciação crescente da relação do casal, que passa a englobar coparentalidade e conjugalidade. Propõe-se que, no contexto da reprodução assistida, considere-se o período do tratamento como marco inicial da relação coparental. Destaca-se a necessidade de considerar a história do casal, sua experiência da infertilidade e do tratamento, suas relações com a família de origem e sua configuração familiar na compreensão desse processo. / This study investigated the development of the marital and the coparental relationships during the transition to parenthood, in couples who conceived trough assisted reproduction techniques. A collective longitudinal case study was carried out. Three couples answered individual semi-structured interviews during three moments: (a) pregnancy, (b) after baby’s third month, and (c) after baby’s first year. The data were submitted to a narrative analysis, which focused both the particularities of each couple and the similarities between them. It has been identified a process in which couples’ relationships became more differentiated and divided into marital and coparental relationships. It is proposed that in couples who conceive through assisted reproduction, the treatment should be considered as a milestone of coparenthood beginning. It is also highlighted the need to consider the couple’s history, their infertility and treatment experience, the relationships with their families of origin, and their family form to understand this relationship development process.

The diploma thesis deals with the topic of life goals and their relation to the age and generativity of the individual. In the theoretical part, the life goals are presented in the context of motivation and values, personal well-being and meaningfulness of life. Classification of life goals and selected life goals theories and research methods are also presented. In addition, the diploma thesis deals with the subject of lifelong development and significant milestones in relation to life goals. In connection with Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, concept of generativity and parenthood as one of the elements linked to generativity are also introduced. The empirical part of the diploma thesis aims at verifying the relationship between life goals of a person, his / her age and generativity, respectively, whether the preferences of the life goals are more related to the age of the individual or to his / her attained level of generativity, namely in the period of young adulthood and middle-age when generability is developing. Another sub- goal of the empirical part of the thesis is to find out the relation between the preference of life goals and parenthood. For the realization of the selected research task, a quantitative research project was used, using two questionnaire methods - Loyola...

Coparenting emerges across the transition to parenthood and refers to the way individuals coordinate, support each other in their parental roles and share responsibility in childrearing. Despite the increase in research on coparenting, relatively few studies have focused on non- North American or non-European families, which has hindered practice and policy targeting diverse countries. Likewise, qualitative research on coparenting is relatively rare, yet critical to shed light on details and complexities not well captured by other methods, including insights into sociocultural factors linked to coparenting in distinct contexts. Moreover, a qualitative longitudinal approach is particularly well suited to examine important life course transitions and turning points, such as the transition to parenthood. To address these gaps, we investigated coparenting across the transition to parenthood in South-Brazilian families, using a qualitative, longitudinal, multiple case study. Semi-structured, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 12 first-time mother and fathers (six nuclear families altogether), at 6, 12, and 18 months postpartum (36 interviews altogether). In two families only the father was employed, with the mother caring for the child; in two families both parents were employed, and they hired a nanny to care for the child in their home; and, in two families both parents were employed, and the child started attending daycare at the end of maternity leave. Through the two articles that comprise the current doctoral dissertation, we explored three components of Feinberg’s (2003) coparenting framework: division of labor (how parents divide childcare tasks and household chores, as well as their satisfaction with this division); agreement/disagreement (e.g., regarding children’s emotional needs and discipline); and, support/undermining (appreciation and cooperation, or criticism and competition). The first article is focused on the division of labor, whereas the second is focused on agreement/disagreement and support/undermining. Deductive thematic analysis revealed similarities and singularities between families. As presented in the first article, we found weaker sharing of household chores over time, against greater sharing of childcare tasks during the first few days postpartum, followed by a downward tendency in the fathers’ contributions during the first few months postpartum. This more unequal division of labor remained stable over time only for families who had chosen maternal care, changing after the end of maternity leave for families who had chosen nanny care and daycare. Parental satisfaction regarding the division of labor remained relatively high over time only for families who had chosen nanny care, which suggests that counting on a domestic worker since the beginning of the transition to parenthood contributed to preventing parental feelings of overload or unfairness across the transition to parenthood. Findings were discussed in the 10 light of the role that instrumental and social support, as well as the prevailing Brazilian gender norms, may play in the division of labor for new parents. With respect to the second article, our findings showed that agreement among parents remained relatively stable during the first year, whereas disagreements concerning discipline demanded more parental negotiation as infants advanced toward toddlerhood. Support and undermining coexisted in the same families, although mothers and fathers expressed undermining differently. Aspects of the ecological context, such as family of origin, instrumental and social support, as well as labor market, also appeared to influence coparenting agreement/disagreement and support/ undermining. Following each article, we presented strengths, limitations, suggestions for future research, as well as implications for practice (e.g., counseling) and policy (e.g., childcare arrangements and parental leave).

The dissertation is focused on role and meaning of a social operative in education of responsible parenthood. It comes out of the definition of responsible parenthood as it is formulated in religious documents, especially in pastoral constitution of the Second vatican concil ?Gaudium et spes?. Aspects of responsible parenthood, which are presented in the dissertation, show its relevance in wide praxis (regardless of religious believes of men). Then follow ethic questions which appear in relation to parenthood. The dissertation propose possible, concrete, ethically acceptable solutions for practice of social operative.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar o processo de transição para a parentalidade no contexto de cardiopatia congênita do bebê. Participaram do estudo quatro casais, pais de crianças que nasceram com malformação cardíaca, que estavam acompanhando seus filhos durante a internação em Unidade de Tratamento Intensivo. Foi utilizado delineamento de estudo de casos coletivo e a coleta de dados foi feita através de uma entrevista individual com a mãe e com o pai sobre os primeiros momentos após o nascimento do bebê com malformação e a experiência da maternidade e da paternidade, respectivamente. Os dados foram analisados segundo os pressupostos da análise de conteúdo qualitativa. Os resultados do estudo indicaram que a notícia da malformação cardíaca do bebê interfere no processo de parentalização de maneira profunda. Destacou-se a intensa preocupação das mães com a sobrevivência dos bebês, evidenciada através de uma dedicação exclusiva a eles. Já os pais demonstram-se muito envolvidos com seus filhos, assumindo também a tarefa de proteger as mães. / The present study aimed to investigate the transition process to parenthood in the context of congenital heart disease. Four couples, whose children were born with heart malformation, took part in the study. They all stayed with their children when they were in an Intensive Care Unit. A collective-case study design was used and data were collected through an individual interview with mothers and fathers on the first moments after giving birth to a child with malformation, and the experience of motherhood and fatherhood, respectively, in the context of heart malformation. Data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis. The results indicated that the diagnosis of heart malformation interferes in the parentalization process in a very intense way. Mothers were extremely concerned about the infant's survival and very dedicated to him/her. Besides being very involved, fathers also assumed the task of protecting mothers.

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Este trabalho investigou o desenvolvimento da relação coparental e conjugal durante o processo de transição para a parentalidade, no contexto da reprodução assistida. Realizou-se um estudo de caso coletivo longitudinal. Três casais responderam a entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas em três momentos: (a) a gestação (b) após o terceiro mês de vida do bebê e (c) após o primeiro ano do bebê. Os dados foram submetidos a uma análise narrativa, que enfocou tanto as particularidades de cada casal, como suas semelhanças. Sugere-se a existência de um processo de diferenciação crescente da relação do casal, que passa a englobar coparentalidade e conjugalidade. Propõe-se que, no contexto da reprodução assistida, considere-se o período do tratamento como marco inicial da relação coparental. Destaca-se a necessidade de considerar a história do casal, sua experiência da infertilidade e do tratamento, suas relações com a família de origem e sua configuração familiar na compreensão desse processo. / This study investigated the development of the marital and the coparental relationships during the transition to parenthood, in couples who conceived trough assisted reproduction techniques. A collective longitudinal case study was carried out. Three couples answered individual semi-structured interviews during three moments: (a) pregnancy, (b) after baby’s third month, and (c) after baby’s first year. The data were submitted to a narrative analysis, which focused both the particularities of each couple and the similarities between them. It has been identified a process in which couples’ relationships became more differentiated and divided into marital and coparental relationships. It is proposed that in couples who conceive through assisted reproduction, the treatment should be considered as a milestone of coparenthood beginning. It is also highlighted the need to consider the couple’s history, their infertility and treatment experience, the relationships with their families of origin, and their family form to understand this relationship development process.