Over a Barrel [microform] : Working Mothers Talk about Child Care / Caroline Zinsser
- Bib ID:
- 5486420
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Zinsser, Caroline
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 57 p.
- Summary:
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Transcribed audiotapes were analyzed to identify themes and patterns of perception in the opinions of 24 working mothers who discussed their employment, child care arrangements, and families. Parents in four discussion groups spoke freely. Their comments are reported in sections focusing on parents' choice of child care arrangements, methods used to choose child care arrangements, ways in which parents combine child care and work, parents' problems with child care arrangements, and the changing patterns of child care. Findings show that parents operate on assumptions that do not necessarily correspond to the realities of child care policy, and policymakers operate on assumptions that often do not correspond to the realities of family life. It is concluded that the discontinuities revealed in the data reflect the fact that neither national nor statewide systems of child care presently exist; what does exist is a patchwork of different rules and regulations which apply to different situations under varying circumstances, but not comprehensively. Policymakers' recourse to expediency has led to confusion rather than a coherent overall plan for providing parents with adequate child care. Recommendations for social policy are offered. (RH)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Center for Public Advocacy Research, Inc., 12 West 37 Street, New York, NY 10018 ($5.00).
- Sponsoring Agency: New York State Dept. of Social Services, Albany.
- Sponsoring Agency: Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Center for Public Advocacy Research, New York, NY
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1987
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