The university young single mothers: Support in the care of children

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the characteristics of the support networks for the care of children of single mothers who are university students in a career of sciences and thechnology. The study was conducted from February to May in the year 2014, at the Faculty of Sciences Chemical of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. We carry out the stories of life from 8 undergraduate students. The lack or a solid and predictable support network for the care of children becomes the central element wich determines the impossibility of young women to continue their university studies. Some young women living situations of violence within their support network and it leads them to experience a not legitimate motherhood.