Abstract

ECKER, Daniel Dall’Igna. Street children:. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.2, pp.139-148. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v11i2.1483.

Abstract: This article discusses the behaviors of street children attending traffic lights in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The data collection consisted of 12 simple observations, each lasting 2 hours, aiming to collect information about the behavior of children at traffic lights. For material analysis, the Bardin Content Analysis strategy was used. From the results, the data were contrasted with theories that present analyzes about child development and social vulnerability. It is noticed that, since intelligence is something that is also built, socially and economically, street children are at a disadvantage. Social vulnerability, coupled with an exclusion that is also affective, produces in children very specific ways of living linked to strategies for survival on the street

Keywords : street children; behavior; social exclusion; vulnerability; child development.

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