Parenting, class and culture: exploring the context of childrearing

By Ann Robinson Of The Early Childhood Unit, National Children' Bureau, Nursery World, 20 July 2006

Drawing on interviews with working class mothers, this study examines the different ways in which parents cope with disadvantage and shows how their decisions and practices are grounded in a material and social reality. While these make less sense from a middle class vantage point, they shift meaning when viewed from a working class perspective. Gillies, V, Community Practitioner 79(4):114-117, April 2006. Abstract or full text: www.ingentaconnect.com/ content/cp/cp

Drawing on interviews with working class mothers, this study examines the different ways in which parents cope with disadvantage and shows how their decisions and practices are grounded in a material and...

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