Abstract

LOPEZ, Jacqueline Garavito  and  VALENCIA, Nelson Molina. Parenting as a political practice. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.48, pp. 463-473. ISSN 2175-1390.

This reviewing paper aims to understand how the political is built in the relationships between parents and children. To reach it, studies published between 2000 and 2016 were analyzed. It was chosen studies based on a broad notion ofpolitical socialization, which provide information to understand it from the parental subsystem. Their analysis allowed identifying the following emerging categories: parenting in specific societies; political socialization; and parenting as a practice of the political. We focus here on two last categories. The findings show that parenting is a practice of the political in different ways: it constitutes a civic responsibility regulated by instances ofpower; it fosters political ideologies; the exercise of power between parents and children contributes to the construction of citizens able of adapting or resisting. Through parenting, emotions and political notions are built, supported by forms ofactivism that can come from parents or children.

Keywords : Parenting; family; Political socialization; Political ideologies; Political notions.

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