Being a parent is an experience that can also enrich one's professional reality (and vice versa): in fact, we believe in an integrated model of the person where family and professional identities are in dialogue and do not oppose each other in a dichotomous and conflictual perspective. Dealing with parenting in one's work environment is therefore not an anomaly or a distraction from professional commitment, but a form of strengthening and enhancing an important part of people's identity.

Aware of this, the University, among the actions envisaged in the Strategic Plan headed by the table on Equal Opportunities, proposes two Family Enrichment Paths with limited places aimed at teaching staff, technical-administrative staff, research fellows and doctoral students of Università Cattolica with children of pre-school age (0-6 years) or adolescence (12-18 years).

PEFs are a method of preventive and promotional intervention in small groups that aims not only to respond to the needs of parents, but also to help them identify the resources (individual, relational, family and social) to draw on, regaining possession of the importance of their parental role on the one hand and on the other by refining tools and skills to exercise their parenting with greater incisiveness and awareness. The activation of the small group will allow participants to confront each other and help them to reread their experience in a different perspective.

The courses will be divided into four meetings, each of 3 hours, from 14.00 to 17.00 from May to July 2024.

The working method includes experiential and theoretical activities in small groups, led by two trainers who are experts in relational and family issues.