he very many ethical and juridical enquiries have convinced us that the theme of generativity is one of the most debated and controversial in the current cultural, social and political horizon in the West, but it is not the only one (just think of questions such as surrogacy, wombs for hire, homologous and heterologous 5 medically assisted fertilisation, etc.) Aware of this, we have chosen to read this category in a symbolic key, avoiding the complexities of a sociological, juridical and bioethical reading which would have required a different type of analysis, research and engagement. Putting it in an excessively simplified way, we can affirm that the generative path is divided into four moments: desiring, bringing into the world, looking after, and finally, letting go. So it is a generativity that, as an original anthropological act and symbolic code, is also seen in pedagogical spaces (education in faith, pastoral activity, schooling) giving life to social, cultural and economic structures that are inspired by values, ideas, principles and practices oriented to the common good, to the whole development of man and engagement in solidarity.