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Abstract This study aimed to report representations attributed by parents to the interventions carried out in the “Oficinas de Parentalidade” (“Parenting Workshops”) extension project after two months of participation. This is an empirical study supported by the qualitative research approach, in which structured interviews were carried out between 2016 and 2017. The responses issued by the 126 parents who participated in the study were analyzed using Bardin's content analysis technique, resulting in three categories: Impacts of “parenting workshops” on the lives of participants and their children; Reassessing concepts regarding former spouses and reconstituted family; and Learning from the Group. Most of the interviewees reported that their participation in the workshops was positive and that they reflected on how to act with their younger children and with their former spouse after marital dissolution, which indicates the possibility of growth and learning from the group experience, as well as the realization of important reevaluations in the sphere of interpersonal and family relationships. This can provide protection for children and adolescents from possible psychosocial damage resulting from conflicts experienced after divorce.

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