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Stabilise, balance and adjust—Framing the early years transitions of children whose parents work non‐standard hours
Author(s) -
Peltoperä Kaisu,
Siippainen Anna,
Karila Kirsti
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/ijsw.12563
Subject(s) - early childhood education , framing (construction) , early childhood , psychology , child care , developmental psychology , diversity (politics) , sociology , medicine , nursing , geography , archaeology , anthropology
This study examined talk by parents about the early years transitions of their children ( n = 7) in the context of parental non‐standard working hours and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. Parents were interviewed at three time points: when their child was aged one, four, five or six years (a total of 21 interviews). The third interview was conducted during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This article focuses on the children's ECEC transitions and the interpretative frames used by parents when talking about their work and childcare. The frames used by the parents to discuss the children's transitions were stabilising the children's lives, balancing between staying at home and attending ECEC and adjusting to norms and rules. The diversity of families' experiences and their children's transitions during the early years should be considered when developing family policy and ECEC services.