Relationship with families in early childhood education: everything depends on the glass with which you look

Abstract

This paper analyzes aspects of the relationship between educators and families in early childhood education. It is questioned, in particular, if it is valid to consider that both act "as partners". To this end, the asymmetries between institutions and families are analyzed, as well as certain obstacles and resistance to mutual trust and appreciation. It is understood that such conditions for joint work are not given, but represent a scenario to be constructed by educators. Based on this, the need to question the narratives and the conceptual models through which we think about families and think about them is pointed out. To this end, two tools of analysis of practices that allow reviewing these issues are recovered: four narratives about "why and for what families send children to the Kindergarden" an