The present research analyzes the tensions and contrasts that result from the clash between the specific experiences of six former young guerrilla atended by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), and the hegemonic representations around them that translate into concrete and specific practices (Care Programs). The fact that they are minors implies that they are treated as a vulnerable, easy to manipulate, and victim population, that is, a population to be protected. The analysis is carried out from a multisituated ethnography of three specific fields: Discourses and imaginaries, narratives and itineraries of life and practices and experiences. First, the research analyzes the way in which childhood discourse comes from specific logics anchored to global governance far removed from the local contexts in which it develops. In addition, it analyzes how these notions on childhood are appropriate by the ICBF to design their protection programs. Second, the research exposes and analyzes the life paths of six former guerrillas between the ages of 15 and 17. From the narration of his life before and after his admission to the armed groups, is evidenced the existence of differentiated childhoods that do not necessarily appeal to the must be of the minor. Third, the research describes the processes of materialization and bureaucratization of the State from the logic of the program of protection for child soldiers. In order to account about the concrete and visible ways in which encounters and discontinuities between minors and the ICBF occur.
