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CUEVAS CASTRO, Valeria Mónica. The role of the grandmother in a single-parent female family - Case study. Ajayu [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.153-171. ISSN 2077-2161.

The present research was carried out with the purpose of describing the functions that the grandmother fulfills within a female single parent family in the city of La Paz. The concept of abuelity is taken as the beginning, through which the participants in this research identify themselves. The information is obtained through the triangulation of three different sources: the interview in depth, the group interview and the narrations by means of letters. The research deals with the problems of the single parent family and the implications of the grandmother in these. This research was based on the theory of Minuchin, in relation to the fact that the family is considered a dynamic system in constant change and similarly they managed concepts of role and function within the family dynamics. Within the objectives reached, it was possible to identify the existence of a double function that the grandmothers within this type of families fulfill in order to reorganize this family dynamics altered by the absence of the father. It was concluded that the functions of the mother within the family are taken by the grandmother for a certain time or in some cases as long as necessary in order to move forward with the development of an organized family and for a common good Which is the proper development of the grandchildren.

Palabras clave : Grandmother; female single parent family; Grandson; Role; Functions; Limits; Expectations; Absent Father; Love.

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