'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

Autor/inn/en	Wheeler, Sharon; Green, Ken
Titel	'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
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 24 (2019) 8, S.788-800 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Green, Ken)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2018.1470087
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Parenting Styles; Foreign Countries; Extracurricular Activities; Leisure Time; Social Networks; Employed Parents; Mothers; Labor Market; Child Health; Child Safety; Parent Participation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Ausland; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Freizeit; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Mother; Mutter; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Elternmitwirkung
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01