Cuidado infantil y lazos sociales: aislamiento social de niños y niñas durante la pandemia del COVID-19 en la Argentina

• Published in: Desidades Vol. 29; pp. 16 - 31
• Main Authors: Juan Alexis Serantes Correio, María Malena Lenta Correio, Brenda Riveros Correio, Graciela Zaldúa Correio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) 01-01-2021
• Subjects: child care; covid-19; mental health; social isolation; social tie
• ISSN: 2318-9282; 2318-9282

This work is an approach to the reconfigurations of the care of girls and boys who live with family groups in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mandatory preventive social isolation measures. Its objective is to analyze the transformations of children’s social ties based on the transformations of family and school spaces, from the perspective of adult caregivers in the family environment. The research used a virtual interview from a structured questionnaire with open-ended and closed-ended questions, with an intentional sample through the snowball method. The results found are related to the reconfigurations of time and space, the restructuring in the dynamics of coexistence, the use of technologies, the emerging vicissitudes in the superposition of work, care, education and social relations, and the expressions of child discomfort