Abstract

FLORES, Sonia Rosario Barraza  and  MORENO, Homero López. philosophical reflections with child abused teenage mothers. child.philo [online]. 2019, vol.15, e42582.  Epub June 30, 2019. ISSN 1984-5987.  https://doi.org/10.12957/childphilo.2019.42582.

This research was carried out in a classroom of the center of comprehensive family development (desarrollo integral de la familia, DIF) in the municipality of Durango, Mexico. The center trains young people in making crafts. From these young people, 13 teenage mothers ages 15-23, all victims of abuse as children, were selected. With this group, we implemented the philosophical-pedagogical proposal called "Philosophy for children and teenagers," first developed by the American philosopher Matthew Lipman. The main goal was to form a "community of inquiry," where through philosophical dialogue the participants developed cognitive skills, allowing them to share, in an ethical and moral dialogue, their life experiences within a democratic setting. The results were demonstrated through the disclosures made by the participants during the philosophical dialogues, We also recorded the cognitive abilities detected over 20 sessions. We contrast the results with the theories to demonstrate the participants’ cognitive changes. We also observed unexpected findings in other academic fields that facilitate ethical and moral thinking.

Keywords : philosophy for children; community of inquiry; teenage mothers; child abuse..

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