This article aims to analyze the Brazilian Family Strengthening Program, sponsored by UNICEF and adopted by the Brazilian government as a strategy to increase assistance to children aged from 0 to 3. This program is tightly related to the guidelines provided by multilateral organizations such as UNESCO and UNICEF, ratified in the various forums that bring together leaders of Latin America and the Caribbean (OAS, OEI). The Brazilian program is based on a number of ideas and recommendations aimed directly at families who become mediators in children education. This program seeks to establish new standards of conduct, disseminating practices and socializing strategies to poor families, transforming the family environment into a pedagogically oriented space. Poverty reduction is also pursued, as well as the promotion of a favorable environment for family education, seen as essential for children's later educational success.
childhood education; educational policies; education of families