Taiwanese-Canadian Mothers' Beliefs about Personal Freedom for Their Young Children

Autor/in	Chuang, Susan S.
Titel	Taiwanese-Canadian Mothers' Beliefs about Personal Freedom for Their Young Children
Quelle	In: Social Development, 15 (2006) 3, S.520-536 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-205X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00354.x
Schlagwörter	Freedom; Mothers; Interests; Acculturation; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Young Children; Interviews; Decision Making; Parenting Styles; Resistance (Psychology); Conflict; Self Determination; Child Development; Immigrants; China; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiheit; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsinteresse; Akkulturation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Resistenz; Konflikt; Selbstbestimmung; Kindesentwicklung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten
Abstract	This study examined Taiwanese-Canadian mothers' conceptions of personal freedom in everyday situations for their children and the influence of acculturation on their beliefs. Forty mothers of six- to eight-year-old children participated in a semistructured interview and sorting task. Interview responses revealed that, regardless of acculturation, child decision-making was important and that mothers should negotiate and compromise with their child on everyday issues such as clothing, food, activities, daily routine and homework. They believed that child resistance was motivated by the children's personal interests, laziness, limit testing and their emotional state. Sources of conflict were resolved by parental authority, discussing/negotiating and conceding to the child. The sorting task also revealed that personal issues were judged as within their children's jurisdiction. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10