La participación de un hijo adoptivo en los procesos de toma de decisiones familiares

Abstract

This research presents the results of a scan applied to the processes of participation and decision making of a Colombian adoptive family. The study consisted to identify levels, forms, roles and rules of the adoptive son participation in activities and events spanning family life. The collected information was obtained through interviews and observations, from an existential and experiential methodology that recovers the history of family life. In order to systematize information, it was used discourse analysis as a methodological tool it will allow to build up the experience of participation. The results indicate that there is considerable diversity in both forms and levels of participation, as in the roles and rules through which this is materialized in the various scenarios and activities of family life.