“Kangaroo generations”: New contexts, new experiences

• Autor(a) principal: KUBLIKOWSKI, Ida
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: RODRIGUES, Clarissa Magalhães
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7987
• topic: Adult; Family; Life cycle stages; Adulto; Família; Estágios do ciclo de vida

The aim of the article is to discuss academic productions published over the last 25 years regarding the transition to adulthood and focusing on the “Kangaroo generation”. We found that these studies managed to recognize the pluralization and the single character of the transition to adulthood, with the parent-child living together, which is not necessarily associated with a dysfunctional character. We believe that the kangaroo family is a possible domestic arrangement that does not necessarily set doubts about the adult condition of the children. We propose the plural term “kangaroo generations” with the purpose of broadening the meaning of cohabitation between parents and children during the “mature stage” of the family life cycle. In addition, we consider that the level of knowledge derived from these studies cannot bring us satisfying notions of what it means to be an adult in the contemporary world and the notion of adulthood lacks revision, which makes further studies necessary.