1st Edition
Reconfiguration of Parenthood Political Agendas Entangling Everyday Family Life
Chapter 1. The changing conditions for parenthood
Pernille Juhl & Allan Westerling
Introduction
The intersection of state and family
Public services supporting families - the Danish version of a welfare model
Engaging with field(s) of research
Institutional agendas interweaving family life
The concept of family
Parental responsibilities and partnerships
Everyday life as the methodological point of departure for studying parenthood
Empirical basis for analyses
Contributions
Structure of the book
References
Chapter 2. Configurations of responsibility in Danish early childhood education and care policy
Pernelle Rose Hansen & Allan Westerling
Introduction
Analytical strategy and data
The first turn: introducing a national curriculum for ECEC
Changing the premise: from (just) care to (including) education
Language as a focus and parental involvement
The second turn: parents must support the ECEC learning agenda
Children’s language development as a vehicle for increasing parental involvement
Changes in parental influence and responsibility: Parent Councils
Concluding discussion
References
Chapter 3. Prioritising child-centredness: parental orientations in family life
Pernille Juhl
Introduction
Design and empirical material
Analytical framework
Orientations in everyday family life
’Family time’ separated from domestic chores - putting the children first
Domestic chores and childcare as combined
Parental perspectives on sharing childcare
Being part of an extended family ’we’
Sharing the care with ECEC staff
Societal and institutional agendas taken up in everyday family life
Dealing with a body of information in familiy life
Concluding discussion
References
Chapter 4. Negotiating boundaries in a shared care arrangement
Lærke Marie Lyndelse
Introduction
Theoretical and empirical framework
Methods and ethical considerations
Aligning parents through dialogue: introducing an institutional agenda
Negotiating boundaries: divergent understandings of ECEC and home settings
Boundary work: who has the right to determine the content of the packed lunch?
Considering parents’ everyday lives in the institutional setting
Concluding discussion
References
Chapter 5. Learning environments – a children’s perspective
Simone Stegeager
Introduction
Analytical concepts: Learning, embodied orientation and materiality
Design and data
Introducing the children - Max and Vera
Setting the scene - the nursery group as a learning environment
Vera’s first days - engaging socially and the safety of the stroller
The stroller as a gateway to the children’s community
Max’ first days - throwing himself into the nest
The nest and Max’ possibilities to draw on experiences from home
Learning new movements to gain access to social activities with peers
Practicing getting up and down as a gateway to social activities
The meaning of social life for young children’s participation
Mimicking -naming objects and asking, ’What’s this?’
Learning to sweep the floor, clean and hand out lunchboxes
Concluding discussion
References
Chapter 6. Parenting and social networks: involving grandparents
Allan Westerling
Mixing methods as an analytical strategy
Analytical concepts
Involving social networks in family practices
Contributing something extra to family life
Responsible for involvement
Negotiating boundaries
Parenting together with grandparents
Generational positions and lived biographies
The gendered pattern of grandparenting
Concluding discussion
References
Chapter 7. Parenthood reconfigured
Allan Westerling & Pernille Juhl
The structure of the chapter
Key findings
The policy changes of ECEC - intensifying parental involvement
Risk - parental orientations reconfigured
Child-centredness at the intersection of family and welfare state
Conclusion
References
Index
Biography
Pernille Juhl is Professor in Social Psychology at Roskilde University, Denmark.
Allan Westerling is Associate Professor in Social Psychology at Roskilde University, Denmark.
