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Portugal is a culture grounded in strong traditions
and family. Yet, social changes
like women returning to the workforce and a decreas
ed national birth rate are
impacting the traditional family structure and care
giving environments of children.
Female employment has been increasing steadily in P
ortugal over the last three
decades (Galego & Pereira, 2006) and the total fert
ility rate decreasing from 4.1
to 2.8 (INE, 2006). Furthermore, extended family me
mbers, like grandparents, no
longer reside close by to their children and grandc
hildren as in the past, because
of a changing labor market. Many of the younger gen
eration are leaving their
rural communities to flock to urban areas because o
f job opportunities, leaving
behind older relatives who would have otherwise par
ticipated in the daily care of
children. Given these social and economic changes,
children are spending more
time in out-of-home care with non-familial caregive
rs. Yet, government
regulations and guidelines in early care and educat
ion (ECCE) and early
intervention (EI) are only just emerging; it contin
ues to be a work in progress.
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Fuertes, M. (2007). Making a Difference with Children and Families: The GADIF Model. Ab Initio, summer issue, http://www.brazelton-institute.com/abinitio2007summer/art7.html.