This article systematizes the concerns around the topic of upbringing and the learning process of cohabitation gathered by the Department of Psychology of an educational center located in the Great Metropolitan Area, in Costa Rica, between the years 2010 and 2011. A mixed approach consisting on a process of recollection, analysis and connection of both quantitative and qualitative data was selected. One of the main interests was to investigate if the concerns and strategies used by the families were compatible with the learning process of cohabitation. Regarding the main results, changes in the structure and dynamic of the families were evidenced and these influenced directly parenting skills and therefore the learning process to achieve a better cohabitation. The various demands, social pressures and multiplicity of functions (that must be handed by the adults) interfere with the group cohesion, taking away importance from the socializing function and specifically the learning process of cohabitation.

Cohabitation; Famlily; Raising Children; Educational Psychology; Costa Rica