In view of the countless transformations underwent throughout history, Western society has faced the emergence of new family configuration models, among them the homoparental families. On this matter, the concept parenting comes up to rethink the family, comprising beyond biological bonds, pointing out to the importance of social factors on parental roles, mostly in relation to children s education practices, regarding the parents values and beliefs.This reaserch aims to investigate the appreciation in both parental care systems and the socialization goals set by male parents from Rio de Janeiro, who are currently in a same-sex relationship and who have children under 11 years old. Based on a semi-structured interview as well as on the application of an inventory containing socialization goals, both conducted on 20 subjects, the present study has pointed out to their preferring of the autonomous-relational model regarding the development of their children s self, implying the valorization of both the independence of the child and the relations that he will establish with the social; besides the appreciation of parental care systems which comprise body and face-to-face contact, highlighting the importance of affection in the constitution of these families.