"Generare nel figlio, con molto amore, processi di maturazione della sua libertà": la pratica del discernimento nell'educazione dei figli

The profound changes in the family pose new questions and open up new educational perspectives. The transition from the normative family ti the affective family has led to a rapid change in child-rearing strategies. Relationships and experienceswithin the family have changed, maternal and parental roles have changed, relations between generations have been transformed, and the way in which childhood in perceivid has changed. Parents who are abandoning the rigid patterns of the past do nbot yet know how to forese the new. This uncertainty can give rise to new scenarios for the future, provided it offers the opportunity to think about and implement new ways of relating to the couple. the family can thus be seen as a sort of social laboratory in which to experiment with new ways of relating between men and women and between generations. It is a question of not being afraid of the new and of initiating a relationship centred on the recognition of difference and reciprocity.