"I'm so Much More Myself Now, Coming Back to Work"--Working Class Mothers, Paid Work and Childcare

Autor/inn/en	Braun, Annette; Vincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen J.
Titel	"I'm so Much More Myself Now, Coming Back to Work"--Working Class Mothers, Paid Work and Childcare
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 23 (2008) 5, S.533-548 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
Schlagwörter	Working Class; Middle Class; Mothers; Family Work Relationship; Child Care; Employed Parents; Interviews; Preschool Children; Parent Responsibility; Child Rearing; Social Attitudes; Parent Role; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Mittelschicht; Mother; Mutter; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindererziehung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper explores the ways in which working class mothers negotiate mothering and paid work. Drawing on interviews with 70 families with pre-school children, we examine how caring and working responsibilities are conceptualised and presented in mothers' narratives. Mothers showed a high degree of commitment to paid work and, in contrast to findings from an earlier study with middle class and professional mothers, did not feel that keeping their children at home with them was always the best option for the children. We suggest that working class mothers in the labour market remain at risk of being defined as inadequate mothers because of a middle class emphasis on intense maternal engagement with the child as a key aspect of "good" mothering. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10