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Doing Good Parenthood : Ideals and Practices of Parental Involvement.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (157 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319467740
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.874
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Doing Good Parenthood -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction: Doing Good Parenthood -- Denmark and Sweden as Political Context -- Parenting Studies -- Child Studies and Parenthood -- How to Read This Book -- References -- 2 Time for Good Parenthood: A Study of Intercountry Adoption Assessment -- Parenthood and the Value of Time -- The Study -- Making Time for Parenting -- Spending Time with the Children -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 3 No One of Importance: Lesbian Mothers' Constructions of Permanently Anonymous Sperm Donors -- The Study -- The Donor Is Not a Father -- The Donor Is the Child's Other Half -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 4 Parenting on the Edge: Doing Good Parenthood in Child Protection Services Interventions -- The Study -- The General Context for Exploring Parenthood: The Danish Welfare State -- Professionals' Concerns -- Instructions and Everyday Life as Contradictions -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 5 Ambitious Parents as Ideal or Disorder: Doing Good Parenthood in Denmark and Singapore -- The Study -- Contested Parenting Norms in Denmark -- Ambivalence in Singapore -- Concluding Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Ambiguous Involvement: Children's Construction of Good Parenthood -- The Study -- Analytical Framework: Family Studies and Childhood Research -- Parents as Ambassadors -- Social Events and Support on Demand -- Limited Parental Involvement -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 7 Limited But Committed Parents: Primary School Teachers Negotiating Good Parenthood in a Disadvantaged Area -- The Study -- Limited but Committed Parenting -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 8 Doing Good Parenthood Through Online Parental Involvement in Danish Schools -- The Study.
Digital Involvement of Parents -- Parental Involvement through Parent Intranet -- Activating Resources, Feeling Competent -- Feeling Like a Bad Mother -- Same Demands - Different Parents -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 9 Teenagers, Alcohol and Sex: Doing Good Parenthood on an On-line Discussion Board -- Why Alcohol and Sex? -- The Study -- Ethical Considerations -- Gender and Age -- Themes -- Not Taking the Easy Route -- Making the Teenager's Well-Being the Foremost Concern -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 10 The Ontological Choreography of (Good) Parenthood -- The Study -- Proximity and Distance: The Ontological Choreography of Good Parenthood -- Bounded Distance as Proximity -- Mobile-Phone Proximity -- Money and a Wallet as Proximity and Distance -- Concluding Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Parenthood and We-ness in Everyday Life: Parenting Together Apart -- The Study -- Theory and Analytical Focus -- Interpretative Frameworks of Parenthood -- Parenthood in Conflict Territory -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 12 Doing Good Parenthood: Reflexivity, Practices, and Relationships -- Defining Doing Good Parenthood -- Reflexivity -- Parenting Practices -- Implications for Future Thinking -- Centrality of Parent-Child Relationships -- Working with Displaying Families -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Doing Good Parenthood -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction: Doing Good Parenthood -- Denmark and Sweden as Political Context -- Parenting Studies -- Child Studies and Parenthood -- How to Read This Book -- References -- 2 Time for Good Parenthood: A Study of Intercountry Adoption Assessment -- Parenthood and the Value of Time -- The Study -- Making Time for Parenting -- Spending Time with the Children -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 3 No One of Importance: Lesbian Mothers' Constructions of Permanently Anonymous Sperm Donors -- The Study -- The Donor Is Not a Father -- The Donor Is the Child's Other Half -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 4 Parenting on the Edge: Doing Good Parenthood in Child Protection Services Interventions -- The Study -- The General Context for Exploring Parenthood: The Danish Welfare State -- Professionals' Concerns -- Instructions and Everyday Life as Contradictions -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 5 Ambitious Parents as Ideal or Disorder: Doing Good Parenthood in Denmark and Singapore -- The Study -- Contested Parenting Norms in Denmark -- Ambivalence in Singapore -- Concluding Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Ambiguous Involvement: Children's Construction of Good Parenthood -- The Study -- Analytical Framework: Family Studies and Childhood Research -- Parents as Ambassadors -- Social Events and Support on Demand -- Limited Parental Involvement -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 7 Limited But Committed Parents: Primary School Teachers Negotiating Good Parenthood in a Disadvantaged Area -- The Study -- Limited but Committed Parenting -- Concluding Discussion -- Note -- References -- 8 Doing Good Parenthood Through Online Parental Involvement in Danish Schools -- The Study.

Digital Involvement of Parents -- Parental Involvement through Parent Intranet -- Activating Resources, Feeling Competent -- Feeling Like a Bad Mother -- Same Demands - Different Parents -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 9 Teenagers, Alcohol and Sex: Doing Good Parenthood on an On-line Discussion Board -- Why Alcohol and Sex? -- The Study -- Ethical Considerations -- Gender and Age -- Themes -- Not Taking the Easy Route -- Making the Teenager's Well-Being the Foremost Concern -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 10 The Ontological Choreography of (Good) Parenthood -- The Study -- Proximity and Distance: The Ontological Choreography of Good Parenthood -- Bounded Distance as Proximity -- Mobile-Phone Proximity -- Money and a Wallet as Proximity and Distance -- Concluding Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Parenthood and We-ness in Everyday Life: Parenting Together Apart -- The Study -- Theory and Analytical Focus -- Interpretative Frameworks of Parenthood -- Parenthood in Conflict Territory -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 12 Doing Good Parenthood: Reflexivity, Practices, and Relationships -- Defining Doing Good Parenthood -- Reflexivity -- Parenting Practices -- Implications for Future Thinking -- Centrality of Parent-Child Relationships -- Working with Displaying Families -- References -- Index.

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