O sentido da adoção para um casal com filha biológica: estudo de caso

Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand the motivation of biological parents for the practice of adoption. Understanding adoption as a legal action of accepting someone as a child, which involves creating and maintaining a relationship in the insertion of a child into a new family. Vygotsky's historical-cultural psychology will be used to understand the meaning of adoption for the participating couple, based on their experience. Data collection with the participants took place through semi-structured interviews in remote format through the Google Meet online platform. The treatment of the material obtained in the meetings was carried out through the thematic content analysis of Bardin (1977). From the results obtained, regarding the couple's motivation for this practice, it can be seen that the loss of their second daughter was what, in fact, made them consider having more children through adoption, although the motivation was not restricted itself to it. In addition, it is noted that adoption policies in Brazil are not being effective and that, sometimes, they do not contemplate the specificities and plurality of this institute, delaying processes and making it impossible for children and adolescents to live as a family. Therefore, there is a need to further expand the dialogue about Adoption, especially adoption by parents who already have biological children, in order to better prepare and support them in the face of the challenges they may face.