Nurturing, breadwinning, and upbringing

Paternal responsibilities by Finnish men in early fatherhood

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2172291
AutoresPetteri Eerola (0000-0002-9563-5871)
Año2014
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas308-324
Fecha de publicación2014-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunity Work & Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13668803.2014.933774
OpenAlexW2069897976
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas49

In the Nordic countries, including Finland, gender-balanced distribution of childcare is both the goal of family policies and nowadays also a cultural norm of parenting. Thus, in most families, the father, along with the mother, plays a considerable role in handson care. This study captures and analyzes paternal responsibilities as narrated by Finnish fathers. It draws on 32 interviews with 16 fathers conducted during the first three years of their fatherhood, and applies the method of narrative inquiry, in which narratives are understood as constructors of knowledge. The analysis yielded nurturing, breadwinning and upbringing, framed by the levels of everyday duties and comprehensive commitments, as the constituents of paternal responsibility. Probably as an outcome of the Finnish gender-equal and familistic societal atmosphere, nurturing played the focal role in the men’s accounts. On the conceptual level, the results support the view that the dimension of responsibility is wholly embedded in fathering practices

Art · Conceptual framework · Developmental psychology · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Family Support in Illness · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology