MATERNAL PAINS AND THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING A CHILD IN SOCIAL EDUCATION IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT
socio-education; maternal pain; solo motherhood; detention order; Snowball.
The main objective of this study is to understand the role of the mother figure in the development of the re-socialization of young people who serve a socio-educational measure of internment in the Federal District. Specific objectives are: to analyze the family, professional and educational background of mothers of juveniles in a detention unit; to identify and analyze the main problems experienced by these mothers when visiting their children; to understand the importance of the mother figure in the social development of these juveniles; to verify possibilities of support to the mother figure, in order to facilitate the reintegration of juveniles into social life. Following a qualitative methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted, in which the respondents were selected through the Snowball technique, given the specificity of this target audience. It was possible to notice that these women have many similar characteristics, such as: having lived in a broken home, early pregnancy, low education, poorly paid jobs with exhausting workloads, and single motherhood, among others. They also face several difficulties to visit their children, including the distance between the detention unit and their home, the lack of financial resources to buy basic items for the children and having to deal with invasive visits. Moreover, it is common for them to suffer prejudice, especially from people in their social circle. Mothers are aware of their relevance in the re-socialization process of their children, however, there is not a protagonist posture of the State in order to provide their closer action.