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Twin parenting experience – reshaping the family web
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Abstract(s)
Being a parent of twin siblings is a major challenge for parents and requires a family
restructuring to adapt to a new family environment.
OBJECTIVE. To understand the experiences of parents of twins and meanings attributed
to them.
METHODS: a qualitative study was conducted, having the symbolic interactionism as
a theoretical referential and the interpretative interactionism as the methodological
referential. Twenty-nine parents with children under 4 years participated in this
study. A semi-structured interview was conducted for data collection.
RESULTS. The twins family responses to parenting challenges are conditioned by the
management and articulation of their di*culties, their strengths and personal resources.
There is a clear choice in being a family with children that privileges negotiation
and involvement of the couple in caring for the family, or, at least, part of the
family, meaning the children and playing the parenting role.
CONCLUSIONS. The family grows as a complex web, including its elements and interactions.
The symbolic construction evidences the way the family adjusts to this environment
of twin parenting. The health professionals should be able to anticipate
the needs of families going through this process.
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Keywords
Family Parents Twins
Citation
Andrade L, Martins MM, Ângelo M, Pinto C, Gomes B. Twin parenting experience – reshaping the family web. Suplemento Digital Rev ROL Enferm 2018; 41(11-12)