Mixed families and parenting strategies. The case of mixed couples living in Italy formed by Italian and African parents

The aim of this research is to better understand parental strategies concerning the transmission of culture and identity, as well as the education of children from a mixed couple in Italy when one of the parents is Italian and the other comes from Sub-Saharian Africa, from an ecological perspective. We assumed that parents' viewpoint may provide meaningful information for a comprehensive approach to our subject. By considering parents as agents and actors, we considered the analysis of their stories, collected by interviews through a narrative-driven qualitative approach, as a useful way to build a valid knowledge about new Italian citizens.