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Home and away: constructing family and childhood in the context of working parenthood |
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| Authors: | Jeni Harden Kathryn Backett-Milburn Alice MacLean Sarah Cunningham-Burley Lynn Jamieson |
| Institution: | 1. Centre for Population Health Sciences , University of Edinburgh , Teviot Place, Edinburgh , EH8 9AG , UK;2. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK;3. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit , University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK;4. Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK;5. School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK |
| Abstract: | Little is known about children's views and experiences of their parents’ work?life reconciliation and how these are negotiated in everyday family practices. This article examines families' experiences of work?life reconciliation from both children's and parents' perspectives, drawing on a qualitative longitudinal study with 14 families in Scotland. Such experiences have implications for the spatial and temporal construction of family and childhood in the UK, where working parenthood is increasingly the norm. |
| Keywords: | working parenthood family home tempo qualitative |