The face and the back of adaptation in childhood

Authors

  • Rafaela Paixão Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
  • Zeferino Rocha Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v21i2p366-389

Keywords:

childhood, adaptation, pathologization, psychological distress

Abstract

This paper discusses about the contemporary childhood, problematizing the effects generated in the process of subjectivity of children as a result to cultural frenzy of "high performance". Therefore, we analyzed the paradoxes contained in the concept of adaptation, from the reading of Winnicott and Sándor Ferenczi's work, reflecting how the free expression of children can become a psychological deterrent front to historical changes and new social arrangements. Finally, we advocate that the contemporary trends to adaptability and pathological psychic suffering of children have produced a restriction on the freedom to be creative in childhood.

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Published

2016-08-01

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How to Cite

Paixão, R., & Rocha, Z. (2016). The face and the back of adaptation in childhood. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 21(2), 366-389. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v21i2p366-389