O princípio da afetividade nas relações parentais – o papel e a abrangência do afeto e sua influência no desenvolvimento da personalidade dos menores

Abstract

This work, descriptive and exploratory, seeks to analyze the principle of affectivity in family relations, focusing on parenting, based on bibliographic and jurisprudential research, in order to understand the meaning, the role and scope of affectivity for Family Law and its influence on the child’s development. It adopts as theoretical framework the concept of democratic family, of Maria Celina Bodin de Morais, based on existential values, in accordance with the constitutional civil law, aimed at the full development of the personality and dignity of its members, mainly of the minor children, who occupy the center of the relationship. It is concluded that affectivity has not been observed in its completeness, given the predominance of the patrimonial aspect over the existential one, which negatively impacts the development of the minor’s personality.