Parentalidades en acción. ¿Familias en cuestión? Una aproximación a las encrucijadas de la intervención

The purpose of the article is to open the question about the polysemy of the concept of parenting, in dialogue with the family category. Both themes-concepts-objects of intervention, operate as “organizers” of intervention practices in the social field. The work is divided into three sections. In the first one, it is proposed to trace the construction of the term parenting, starting from the contributions of three different but complementary theoretical corpus. In the second part, some of the issues that revolve around the parenting category are put into action. In the last section, the question arises as to whether the parentalities’ entry into action at the field of work as a sort of relay of the object-subject family in the intervention. Finally, kepping in mind the contemporary lifestyles we present some final considerations seeking the existence of a social parenting and a multi-parenting that leads to a co-responsibility from the market, the institutions, the State and families. In this context, parenting should have more to do with the ability to carry out the challenge of educating and caring, and less with the social mandate that falls on ties of kinship.