Babywearing: Fads, Dangers and Cultural Appropriation

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Patricia Hamilton

This chapter describes babywearing as the most mainstream and uncontroversial among the techniques of breastfeeding and bedsharing, which are the most associated with attachment parenting (AP). It explains babywearing as an inoffensively visible marker of the values of bonding and attachment that is unquestioningly accepted in contemporary parenting cultures. It also discusses how the acceptance of babywearing is used in AP as a transition from the fringe parenting style to the normative approach to raising children. The chapter highlights the appearance of babywearing in state-produced parenting advice and in the experiences and ideas of black mothers. It looks at the narratives of women that draw attention to the dangers of babywearing, both in terms of physical safety and cultural relevance.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Patricia Hamilton

This chapter introduces the attachment parenting (AP) phenomenon from the perspectives of black mothers. It reviews insights that the narratives of black mothers offer about the contemporary and particular experience of motherhood. It also analyzes AP journeys from the extreme practice of privileged white hippies to an increasingly accepted and influential dogma in the policies of the state and medical professionals. The chapter talks about the disruption of dominant construction of good mothering as the province of only white, middle-class women through the engagements of black mothers. It documents the diverse ways black women use AP to assert themselves as good mothers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
O.A. Ragulina ◽  
A.V. Fokina

The article is devoted to the overview of modern foreign studies exploring the nature, symptomatology and factors of neurotic disorders. The matter of estimating prevalence of neurotic disorders is being discussed. It provides information about somatic-vegetative and affective symptoms of neurotic disorders, depending on psychological factors (in particular, attachment, parenting style, marriage relationships, parental business, degree of awareness of psychogenic character of disorders). It also describes foreign studies, which show the role of psychogenic factor in the development of such disorders as ADHD, opposition-defiant disorder and learning disabilities. Parental practices contributed to child neurotic disorders emergence is analyzed. The "helicopter parents" and "lawnmower parents" are described. Authors use their experience of psychological work with families to describe some of these practices: "rejection of differentiation", "anxiety escort", "child's rectification".


2020 ◽  
pp. 147-168
Author(s):  
Patricia Hamilton

This chapter highlights the terms ‘welfare queen’, ‘baby mother’, and ‘angry black woman’ as representations of black womanhood that dominate popular culture and frame public policy making. It mentions Patricia Hill Collins, who describes the terms as stereotypical representations of black womanhood that play a central role in the ideological justification of the intersecting oppressions of race, class, gender, and sexuality. It also explains how the terms perpetuate black women's inferiority and pathology that are specifically linked to black women's failures as mothers. The chapter concentrates on the diverse experiences of several black mothers that provide a small glimpse into the complex ways that they went about developing a good view of motherhood that is inspired by attachment parenting (AP). It analyzes the black women's dislike of the label of AP, which reflected their belief that this style of childrearing was more natural and familial.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Hamilton

This outstanding work examines black mothers' engagements with attachment parenting and shows how it both undermines and reflects neoliberalism. Unique in its intersectional analysis, it fills a gap in the literature, drawing on black feminist theorizing to examine intensive mothering practices and policies.


2020 ◽  
pp. 169-184
Author(s):  
Patricia Hamilton

This chapter reviews attachment parenting (AP) through the lens of black mothers' experiences and draws attention to the philosophy's place in neoliberal parenting culture. It highlights how ideas about good parenting deploy or elide race, class, and gender at different moments and for different, sometimes contradictory, purposes. It also talks about ideologies of good parenting that intend to be free of gender, class, and race but identify women as uniquely responsible for children's wellbeing. The chapter explains how AP offers a unique constellation of raced, classed and gendered effects as it draws from monolithic 'primitive' cultures and rests on a taken-for-granted family form in which mothers are financially supported to stay at home. It recounts the narratives of the black women that demand an analysis of parenting that addresses the differential effects of racism and unequal access to resources.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
I.A. Kotliar

The article describes a problem of child-parent relationships in emigrants’ families, who moved to Germany for the permanent residency. Do parents, who are raising their children in an unfamiliar cultural environment, have different attitudes towards children in comparison to natives? Are there similar traits in Russian-speaking parents’ attitudes to their children in comparison to those of the German-speaking parents? In order to answer this question, we conducted a flight empirical study based on the research method by E.O. Smirnova and M.V. Sokolova (Bykova). Two groups of participants have taken part in the study. The first group included 30 Russian moms and 1 dad who had children of early and preschool age. The second group included 17 German-speaking parents. It was found that in Russian-speaking families the personal attitude to children dominates. German-speaking parents tend to demonstrate a more emotionally restrained type of attitude; they express their desires and requirements in a more sharp and clear way. In this group the autonomous parenting style prevails. Russian-speaking parents who are raising children in Germany, often use the same styles as parents caring for their preschool children in Russia.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Marlina Marlina ◽  
Agus Prayitno

This research is motivated by the difference in the level of independence of children who are cared for by single parent parents, both from the father and the mother, this is because the time that must be divided between raising children and earning a living to meet their daily needs, so that there are some children who low independence, so they still have to depend on other people, especially parents, but there are also children who are very independent in carrying out their own activities. know the problems faced by single parent parents in carrying out family roles and fostering children's independence, as well as knowing solutions to problems faced by single parent parents in carrying out family roles and fostering children's independence. This research method uses qualitative research methods, where this qualitative method is more to collect various information through interviews with informants accompanied by documentation, data collection techniques use interviews and observations and documentation to strengthen the results of this study, in addition to using case studies where the case study. is to conduct an in-depth examination of a situation or event to obtain information. The results of the interviews showed that the parenting style that was given would cause different impacts and risks. These parenting styles include democratic parenting, permissive parenting, and authoritarian parenting. Each of these parenting styles has its own advantages and disadvantages. So that parents must be clever in dealing with the impact of this parenting style. The conclusion that can be obtained from this research is about the diversity of parenting styles provided by parents such as the several types of parenting that have been mentioned above, it can cause different levels of children's independence. Besides that, there are also some problems regarding the lack of time in controlling children's development because they have to be divided by earning a living and not being able to fully control the child's development both at home and outside the home. Abstrak Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh adanya perbedaan dari tingkat kemandirian anak yang diasuh oleh orang tua single parent baik dari pihak ayah maupun pihak ibu, hal ini dikarenakan waktu yang harus terbagi antara mengasuh anak dan mencari nafkah untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya, sehingga terdapat beberapa anak yang memiliki tingkat kemandirian yang rendah, sehingga masih harus bergantung dengan orang lain terutama orang tua, tetapi ada juga anak yang sudah sangat mandiri dalam melakukan aktivitasnya sendiri.Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pola asuh yang diberikan oleh orang tua single parent dalam menumbuhkan kemandirian anak, untuk mengetahui permasalahan yang dihadapi orang tua single parent dalam menjalani peran keluarga dan menumbuhkan kemandirian anak, serta mengetahui solusi dari permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh orang tua single parent dalam menjalani peran keluarga dan menumbuhkan kemandirian anak. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif, dimana metode kualitaif ini lebih kepada mengumpulkan berbagai informasi melalui wawancara dengan narasumber disertai dengan dokumentasi,teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara dan observasi serta dokumentasi untuk memperkuat hasil penelitian ini, selain itu juga menggunakan studi kasus dimana studi kasus itu adalah melakukan pemeriksaan secara mendalam terhadap sesuatu keadaan atau kejadian untuk mendapat suatu informasi. Hasil wawancara menujukkan bahwa pola asuh yang diberikanakan menyebabkan dampak dan resiko yang berbeda-beda. Pola asuh tersebut diantaranya adalah pola asuh demokratif, pola asuh permisif, dan pola asuh otoriter. Dari setiap pola asuh tersebut pasti  mempunyai kelebihan dan kekurangannya masing-masing. Sehingga orang tua harus pandai dalam menyiasati adanya dampak dari pola asuh tersebut. Kesimpulan yang bisa didapat dari penelitian ini adalah tentang keberagaman pola asuh yang diberikan oleh orang tua seperti beberapa jenis pola asuh yang sudah disebutkan di atas, hal itu dapat menyebabkan tingkat kemandirian anak berbeda-beda. Disamping itu juga terdapat beberapa permasalahan tentang waktu yang kurang dalam mengontrol perkembangan  anak karena harus terbagi dengan mencari nafkah dan tidak sepenuhnya dapat mengontrol perkembangan anak baik itu di rumah maupun di luar rumah.


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