Abstract

From the critical analysis of the place that has occupied the concern for childhood in Chile, this article reviews the main conceptions on parenting that are present in our professional context, and presents the Assessment Model of Conditions for Parenting (MECeP), emerged from a applied research experience developed in La Araucanía, Chile. This research led to propose a new approach to parenting and its evaluation in the field of childhood protection: the approach of the conditions for parenting