“…Given these constraints, scholars have demonstrated that migrant parents tend to adopt several informal solutions, with differences driven by family migration patterns (Wall & José, 2004). Previous research has emphasised the role of family structure in the selection of childcare arrangements, such as children's age, the presence of siblings, a partner and grandparents (in good health, co-resident or living nearby), parents' employment status and local and transnational kinship relations, as certain individuals can represent important sources of childcare (Barglowski et al, 2015;Bilecen & Sienkiewicz, 2015;Grysole, 2018;Mussino & Ortensi, 2023;Ryan, 2011aRyan, , 2011bTrappolini et al, 2021Trappolini et al, , 2023Zanasi et al, 2022).…”