“The helping, the fixtures, the kits, the gear, the gum shields, the food, the snacks, the waiting, the rain, the car rides…”: Social Class, Parenting and Children’s Organised Leisure
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Edge Hill University; University of ChesterPublication Date
2018-05-11
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Class-related parenting cultures and ideologies have been of considerable interest to academics over the last two decades. Much of the research thus far has focused on exploring Annette Lareau’s conceptualisations of ‘natural growth’ and ‘concerted cultivation’ and the implications for outcomes in relation to education. The focus of the present article is organised activities, which are a central but as yet relatively under-researched feature of middle-class parenting. The findings are based upon 73 semi-structured interviews with parents and children from 48 middle-class families living in and around a small city in northern England. The article reveals that initiating and facilitating children’s organised activities is considered a central aspect of ‘good’ parenting in middle-class social networks. It is shown how this is a consequence of several developments within society over the past three decades or so, including the rising levels of maternal employment, the growing competitiveness of the labour market and the increasing concerns related to children’s health and safety. It is argued that these developments have heightened middle-class parents’ predisposition to not only be involved with and invest in their children’s leisure biographies, but to do so in a more deliberate, rigorous and rational manner.Citation
Wheeler, S. & Green, K. (2019). ‘The helping, the fixtures, the kits, the gear, the gum shields, the food, the snacks, the waiting, the rain, the car rides … ’: social class, parenting and children's organised activities, Sport, Education and Society, 24(8), 788-800, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2018.1470087Publisher
Taylor & FrancisJournal
Sport, Education and SocietyAdditional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cses20Type
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Education and Society on 11/05/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13573322.2018.1470087.ISSN
1470-1243EISSN
1470-1243ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13573322.2018.1470087
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