Being parents of teenage children in the city. Intercultural mediation as “educational style” of inclusion and citizenship

Resumo

Starting from a research project centred on “second generation” parents, the present contribution intends to explore the intercultural mediation concept taking the perspective of immigrant parents with teenage children. Specifically, the pedagogical attention was drawn to the “educational strategies of intercultural mediation” (enacted by parents of non-Italian origin with adolescent children) and to the processes of interaction and participation between parents (both native and non-native). It is claimed that such “points” can indicate possible paths, both of reflection and action, useful to promote real processes of human inclusion, of mutual integration and of citizenship, levering parents (autochthonous et non) that live in the city.