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“Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare

Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1 31 Mayıs 2025
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“Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare

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Childcare is regarded as a family business in Turkey, especially due to the lack of public services and the political discourses around ‘familialism.’ Childcare responsibilities create a major obstacle for women, resulting in very low female economic participation in the country. In this context, grandmothers are usually asked to step into the role of caregiver for their grandchildren to support their daughters’ and daughters-in-law’s participation in the workforce. Yet, contemporary mothers have a drastically different approach to childrearing compared to their own mothers or mothers-in-law. This study explores how these intergenerational differences in childrearing ideals and practices play into the childcare experiences by examining qualitative data derived from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 20 older grandmothers who were caring for their grandchildren under the age of six. The findings revealed that the grandmother-mother interactions on childcare tasks and childrearing methods fall into three categories: mothers knowing best, complete trust in grandmothers, and conflictual relationships. This study shows how intergenerational differences regarding childrearing can create conflict between mothers and grandmothers, and thus complicating childcare arrangements. Therefore, social policies should consider that childcare arrangements involve multiple actors with potentially different ideas about what is best for the child’s well-being.

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Destekleyen Kurum

Bu çalışma, Sabancı Üniversitesi Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kadın Çalışmaları Mükemmeliyet Merkezi tarafından Şirin Tekeli Araştırma Teşvik Ödülüne layık görülmüştür.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sosyoloji (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

30 Mayıs 2025

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mayıs 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Haziran 2024

Kabul Tarihi

18 Şubat 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Con Wright, G. (2025). “Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare. Akdeniz Kadın Çalışmaları ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dergisi, 8(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.33708/ktc.1497989
AMA
1.Con Wright G. “Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare. KTC. 2025;8(1):1-23. doi:10.33708/ktc.1497989
Chicago
Con Wright, Gülçin. 2025. “‘Who Cares Best for the Child?’ Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare”. Akdeniz Kadın Çalışmaları ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dergisi 8 (1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.33708/ktc.1497989.
EndNote
Con Wright G (01 Mayıs 2025) “Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare. Akdeniz Kadın Çalışmaları ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dergisi 8 1 1–23.
IEEE
[1]G. Con Wright, “‘Who Cares Best for the Child?’ Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare”, KTC, c. 8, sy 1, ss. 1–23, May. 2025, doi: 10.33708/ktc.1497989.
ISNAD
Con Wright, Gülçin. “‘Who Cares Best for the Child?’ Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare”. Akdeniz Kadın Çalışmaları ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dergisi 8/1 (01 Mayıs 2025): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.33708/ktc.1497989.
JAMA
1.Con Wright G. “Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare. KTC. 2025;8:1–23.
MLA
Con Wright, Gülçin. “‘Who Cares Best for the Child?’ Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare”. Akdeniz Kadın Çalışmaları ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dergisi, c. 8, sy 1, Mayıs 2025, ss. 1-23, doi:10.33708/ktc.1497989.
Vancouver
1.Gülçin Con Wright. “Who Cares Best for the Child?” Grandmothers’ Interactions with Mothers in Childcare. KTC. 01 Mayıs 2025;8(1):1-23. doi:10.33708/ktc.1497989

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