Rev. Soc. Bras. Enferm. Ped.2024;24:e-edt1.
Plural childhoods and nursing care
DOI: 10.31508/1676-379320240001edti
In a country of continental size such as Brazil, the presence of marked regional, fauna, flora and cultural differences is natural and exerts impact on the various ways of being and living in the Brazilian nation. In addition to these differences, class, race and gender differences also exist, and in a capitalist, racist, classist and xenophobic society, these become the core of inequalities, that is, a different way of being and existing in the world establishes hierarchical power relations, and those who are different are seen and treated as inferior.
And who is different? Different in relation to whom? Who are the ethnic models guiding us, those we want to be like? What are the values and paths that guide us? These questions may be at the root of the social problems we face. Even though we do not have clear answers, we are certain there are different ways of being born, growing up and dying that go beyond the regional and cultural differences of our people and are directly linked to the conditions of inequality we live in.
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