Estilos de crianza en familias monoparentales con hijos únicos

Abstract

The research aims to determine parenting styles of single parent families with only children and family structure. Parents are those fulfilling the functions of protection, control, guidance, affection and socialization. Parenting styles are related to family structure: hierarchy, boundaries, partnerships and communication. The social and economic transformations have changed the structure of single parent nuclear family and planning: only children. 19 families were selected with one parent who has school in the city of Cuenca only son of the Database Project "Styles of family education in the city of Cuenca". The study is qualitative and quantitative questionnaire "socio-affective study habits and behavioral tendencies in families with kindergarten children" Dra. Susana Torìo, University of Oviedo, and semi-structured interview to identify the structure was used familiar. The results showed that there is a parenting style defined in the parent families with only children, however there is a tendency to democratic parenting strategies, most live with grandparents and families can identify relationships of closeness, clear boundaries, hierarchy the mother, supported by grandmothers in childcare, partnerships between mother and child, while maintaining a direct and high expectations from their mothers to their children communication.