Relatos y saberes sobre maternidad y buen trato

Abstract

Currently, in society, there are endless conceptions, concepts, and notions around what is understood by motherhood, its practices, and even moral statutes that value certain interactions between mother and child as adequate or inappropriate, so it is considered the important question whether maternal love is an innate instinct or is due to social and historical behavior that can vary according to culture (Badinter, 1981). For this, motherhood is approached from the experience and stories of mothers, understanding how these stories influence the interactions and bonds built between mother and child, returning the prominence to their feelings and knowledge. In this research, it was found in the reports of the participants that there is a dichotomy in the conception of motherhood, where cultural factors and knowledge transmitted from generation to generation are of great relevance. On the other hand, a subordinate relationship between the child and the adult continues to be found in the stories. Likewise, mothers refer that the first approaches are essential as determinants for the construction of affective bonds. Also, it is found that the relationship that one has with the parents determines how certain abusive parenting practices are naturalized. This research marks an approach to this issue, which is why it is relevant to delve into the relationship of the discourses on motherhood and the pedagogical practices of the educational agents who work in early childhood programs.