Other people’s children: inclusive parenting in a diversified neighbourhood in Norway

Bendixsen, Synnøve; Danielsen, Hilde

doi:10.1080/01419870.2018.1478111

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“…In Norway, parenting norms are in consonance with ‘intensive parenting’, the dominant ideology of child‐rearing in Western societies shaped by middle‐class values and notions of children's vulnerability (Bendixsen & Danielsen, 2018; Lee, Bristow, Faircloth, Macvarish, & Furedi, 2014). Intensive parenting constructs parenting as ‘child‐centered, expert‐guided, emotionally absorbing, labor‐intensive and financially expensive’ (Hays, 1998 p. 9), and its development has been parallel to an expansion of family policies and expert knowledge on child‐rearing (Lee et al, 2014).…”

Section: Self‐legitimation Through Family Aspirationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the migrant parents in our study not only mentioned political dissatisfaction but also stressed their discontent and the negative perceptions of their government as a way to demonstrate that they fit into Norwegian society. It is relevant to note that values of contributing to society, egalitarianism and gender equality are propagated through public discourses on the Norwegian welfare state and society (Bendixsen & Danielsen, 2018; Leira, 2008). Our informants appreciated the importance given to these values, in contrast to Southern European societies, which they claimed to be characterised by corruption and a lack of meritocracy.…”

Section: Positioning Oneself In Norwegian Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding Norwegian discourses on parenting and children, migrant parents have been portrayed as challenging Norway's understandings of proper parenting and childhood (Hennum, 2014; Hollekim et al, 2016). These discourses have represented migrant parents as ‘the other’ who perform inappropriate and even dangerous practices in relation to their children (Bendixsen & Danielsen, 2018). Given the current Norwegian discourses on immigration and (immigrant) parenting, it is important to explore how the informants positioned themselves in relation to them and how they negotiated their identities through their storytelling.…”

Section: Positioning Oneself In Norwegian Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Self‐legitimation and sense‐making of Southern European parents' migration to Norway: The role of family aspirations

Herrero‐Arias

Hollekim

Haukanes

2020

Population Space and Place

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This article explores the migration narratives of Southern European parents living in Norway, where family projects emerged as a central theme. Migrant parents told stories not only of disillusionment and sacrifice but also of satisfaction, which they articulated around their aspiration to have a family life after migration. We analysed the informants' storytelling and explored the ways that family aspirations manifested. By articulating their migration experiences through their aspirations to grow their family, the migrant parents claimed a position as subjects in Norwegian discourses on parenting and citizenship and distanced themselves from discourses on labour immigration and immigrant parenting. The article aims to contribute to the scholarship on motivations for post-2008 intra-European migration and on narrative legitimation by drawing attention to the way migrants use their family projects as a vehicle for selflegitimation, for claiming rightful membership to the host society and for justifying this position to themselves and others.

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Section: Self‐legitimation Through Family Aspirationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Positioning Oneself In Norwegian Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Positioning Oneself In Norwegian Discoursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Self‐legitimation and sense‐making of Southern European parents' migration to Norway: The role of family aspirations

Herrero‐Arias

Hollekim

Haukanes

2020

Population Space and Place

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“…Notwithstanding the will to include, in practice the parents' work in the committees was framed and defined by majority Norwegians' ideas and ideals of what is viewed as best for children, not only their own, but also other people's (see Bendixsen and Danielsen, 2018). Although some of the parents spending much energy on this work felt it as a duty and sometimes as a burden, through their efforts they also took the power to define the direction of the work in the committees.…”

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“…Many researchers have tended to focus merely on parenting practices within the family, thus contributing to a family-centric perspective on parenting practices (Bendixsen and Danielsen, 2018). In contrast, we investigate how parenting practices also take place at other arenas, such as neighborhoods and in schools.…”

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Dealing with diversity, hoping for inclusion. Parents’ involvement in urban schools in Norway

Danielsen

Bendixsen

2019

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This paper investigates parents' involvement in multi-ethnic and class-differentiated urban public schools in Bergen, Norway. It examines how some parents deal with diversity and social inequality in a socially mixed urban area in Norway and Europe today. With the help of the concept of conviviality-the capacity to live together peacefully while negotiating tensions-we focus on the hope of inclusion when people are sharing a place that is important to them in everyday life. Existing research shows how parents engaged in schools are concerned with ensuring the academic success of the school thereby reproducing classed privileges. We find that parents engaged in public bodies in schools act on hopes of social inclusion of the diversity of children and their parents more than they pursue academic success. We argue that, rather than aiming at reproducing classed privileges, some parents aim for a politics of inclusion, leveling out social differences. Using the concept of conviviality, we explore how this has, simultaneously, both inclusionary and exclusionary consequences.

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The more diverse the better: Identifying with a diverse neighbourhood mother community predicts greater intergroup contact

Riikonen,

Finell,

Seppälä

et al. 2023

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Although it has been shown that identification with a neighbourhood community can support intergroup relations within the community by providing resources to cope with intergroup contact, previous research has not investigated how the perceived diversity of the neighbourhood identity influences this process. This study extends research on neighbourhood identification by focusing on a specific group (mothers of small children), examining how and when identification with other mothers living in the same neighbourhood is related to intergroup contact with local outgroup mothers. We examined this in a survey study, for which we collected data from both Finnish majority and immigrant mothers at public maternal and child healthcare centres (N = 733). Our study showed that identification with the neighbourhood mother community was positively associated with intergroup contact, partly via perceived social support from other neighbourhood mothers for both Finnish majority and immigrant mothers. Our study additionally revealed that the perceived proportion of outgroup mothers in the local mother community moderated the relationship between identification and intergroup contact for both groups. Our findings highlight the significance of considering perceived diversity for determining when identification will support intergroup contact. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Other people’s children: inclusive parenting in a diversified neighbourhood in Norway

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Self‐legitimation and sense‐making of Southern European parents' migration to Norway: The role of family aspirations

Self‐legitimation and sense‐making of Southern European parents' migration to Norway: The role of family aspirations

Dealing with diversity, hoping for inclusion. Parents’ involvement in urban schools in Norway

The more diverse the better: Identifying with a diverse neighbourhood mother community predicts greater intergroup contact

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