Resource-Free Parenting
The Not So Curious Absence of Money in Policy Discourses of Good Parenting in the UK and Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12715446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Dermott (0000-0003-0427-2591, University of Bristol, corresponding author), Jun Yamashita (0000-0002-0912-6350, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-141 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1474746413000432 |
| OpenAlex | W2056939151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article examines recent Japanese and UK policy recommendations on parenting practices and highlights the absence of material resources in these discussions. Parenting has gained increased prominence in recent decades. In the realm of policy, there has been an expansive shift; from a narrowly focused concern with detecting neglect and abuse to the wider project of promoting ‘good’ parenting. Focusing on advice offered in relation to education and food, we note that in both Japan and the UK the relationship between money and the ability to perform idealised parenting practices is rarely mentioned. Our comparative analysis also highlights that this silence is handled differently in the two national contexts, and we suggest that this reflects different historical interests in poverty and inequality. In Japan, parents are encouraged to undertake activities that require financial resources, but the question of how poor parents should manage is left largely unanswered: in the UK, the parenting activities given greatest attention are those that do not rely on money, meaning that poverty can be left off the positive parenting agenda
Expansive · Inequality · Meaning (existential · Neglect · Political science · Poverty · Realm · Silence · Sociology · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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The parenting and economising practices of lone parents
A choice of no choice
Good’ Parenting Practices
Masculinizing fatherhood
Parenting priorities and pressures
Poverty and social exclusion in Britain
Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Investing in Parenting Education
Parenting support policies in Europe
Childrearing, Class and the New Politics of Parenting
Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes
Food, Social Policy and the Environment
Poverty, family resources and children's early educational attainment
Structural Reform of the Family and the Neoliberalisation of Everyday Life in Japan
Raising Middle-class Black Children
Negotiating Family Support? The 'Generational Contract' between long-term Care and Inheritance
| Citations per year | 0.7 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |