Parenting experiences and challenges during the confinement imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0214e.34547Keywords:
COVID-19; parents; child; parenting; familyAbstract
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the biggest crises in the world. The Wealth World Organization and the General Health Directorate, between 2020 and 2021, implemented restrictive measures, namely, school closures and non-face-to-face teaching with activities carried out simultaneously with the teleworking. These circumstances were especially challenging to the exercise of parenthood.
Objective: To know the parental experiences in the monitoring of school-age children during the confinement imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and to understand how this experience interfered with the exercise of parenthood.
Methods: This is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, data collection carried out through semi-structured interviews, in a network sampling involving 17 participants. Content analysis was performed according to Bardin (2020).
Results: Four dimensions were considered, from which 8 categories and 16 subcategories emerged. Parents perceived as strategies to reduce the impact of the pandemic on their children the recreational activities outside and inside the home, also using digital/technological tools. In the follow-up of their children during non-face-to-face teaching, parents mainly revealed negative feelings related to frustration, powerlessness and tension. Regarding parental experiences, these were mostly associated with parental stress, imbalance between the family/professional/school support sphere for children and changes in routines.
Conclusion: The results reveal the need to intervene and accompany children/families in order to prevent potential long-term effects of confinement.
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