摘要：The article addresses the social representations of caregivers in protective residences. The study was carried out under the Social Representations approach. The findings show tension between the Doctrine of the Minor in an Irregular Situation and that of Integral Protection. This tension is resolved through an exercise of authority that ranges from authoritative to negligent, with a predominance of evasion in the resolution of conflicts. We explain the results as figurative nuclei of the exercise of authority. The preeminence of rights has caused alterations of hierarchy that facilitate the tyranny of children. The exercise of authority becomes erratic and oscillates between alternatives that reproduce the needs approach, the vision of the child as a foundling and the incipient presence of a story of comprehensive protection.
