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Gendered parenting and conjugal negotiation over children’s organised extracurricular activities

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ID11166320
AuthorsYinni Peng (0000-0001-7506-6854, Hong Kong Baptist University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume45
Issue1
Pages23-40
Publication date2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01425692.2023.2267769
OpenAlexW4387704002
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited32

Although class differences and intra-class diversity in children's engagement in organised extracurricular activities have been studied extensively, less attention has been paid to internal family dynamics and conjugal negotiation in enrolling children in these activities. From the perspectives of gendered parenting and relational sociology, this study draws on qualitative data from 134 parents in 81 urban Chinese families to reveal their conjugal disagreements, negotiation and coping tactics in enrolling their children in extracurricular activities. The findings indicate that selecting and managing extracurricular activities for children is an ongoing process marked by constant conjugal negotiation, the relational agency of multiple family members and various coping tactics within the family. These findings enrich the literature by highlighting the complexity of middle-class parenting in negotiating children's extracurricular educational resources and shed new light on the relational and contested processes of gendered parenting and making familial decisions about children's education

Agency (philosophy · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Negotiation · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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