As part of the project ‘Humanitarian Response to the Protection Needs of Migrant Girls, Boys and Teenagers on the Northern Border of Mexico’, financed by the Basque Government’s Cooperation and Development Aid Fund (FOCAD) (August 2020 to November 2022), SC Spain alongside SC Mexico have developed a series of workshops. These workshops, based on the methodology ”Parenting with tenderness” (It is a tool to strengthen the bond between fathers, mothers and sons and daughters based on love and respect) and “Parenting on the Move”, are aimed at mothers, fathers and caregivers, with the goal of providing support and tools for their journey of parenting in mobility contexts.
When designing these workshops, SC reviewed the objectives of Parenting on the Move (PoM)1 and the elements it shared with the Crianza con Ternura (CcT)2 translated as Parenting with tenderness. This was done in an effort to compare the two methodologies taking the best from each of them, produce an improved strategy which had been tried and tested, and had the potential to be replicated in other countries.
This resulted in the development of the “Programme of parenting without violence in migratory contexts”. It consists of 11 sessions, which included the most relevant aspects of CcT and PoM, such as CcT’s methodology and/or innovative elements like psychoemotional support, and PoM’s parenting routines.
The objective of this document is to gather the key findings of the combination of “Parenting with tenderness” and “Parenting on the move” in migratory contexts. It also seeks to improve the quality of its implementation in the context of Mexican migration, based on good practices and lessons learned.
