The present study provides valuable insights into gender attitudes and beliefs regarding caregiving and parenting practices among low-income caregivers in Bogotá and Malambo, as well as their implications for child development and socialization. The results revealed significant tensions between parents’ stated gender attitudes and their actual parenting practices, highlighting the complex interplay of influences that inform these perspectives. Additionally, this research identified and discussed potential factors that shape parental gender attitudes and practices, including socioeconomic status, formal employment, family structure, child gender, the intergenerational transmission of gender norms and values, and geographic location. By employing sociocultural and feminist frameworks in family research, this study aims to enhance our understanding of parents’ gender role attitudes, beliefs, and practices with a focus on cultural communities located in the Global South. Importantly, it addresses a critical gap in the literature by amplifying the voices of a diverse sample of mothers and fathers from two culturally distinct cities in Colombia, thereby contributing to a more nuanced understanding of gender dynamics in parenting in the Majority World.