The views of parents who experience intergenerational poverty on parenting and play: a qualitative analysis Smith, Rachel Lee, Stagnitti, Karen, Lewis, Andrew J. and Pépin, G 2015, The views of parents who experience intergenerational poverty on parenting and play: a qualitative analysis, Child care health and development, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 873-881, doi: 10.1111/cch.12268. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The views of parents who experience intergenerational poverty on parenting and play: a qualitative analysis Author(s) Smith, Rachel Lee Stagnitti, Karen orcid.org/0000-0002-6215-3390 Lewis, Andrew J. orcid.org/0000-0002-2519-7976 Pépin, G orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-160X Journal name Child care health and development Volume number 41 Issue number 6 Start page 873 End page 881 Total pages 9 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2015-11 ISSN 1355-5626 1365-2214 Keyword(s) child development disadvantaged intergenerational poverty low socio-economic parenting play Summary BACKGROUND: There is minimal literature on how parents experiencing intergenerational poverty view their role as parents and the value they place on children's play. The objective of this study was to examine how these parents view their parenting role and their beliefs about children's play. METHODS: Thirteen mothers of preschool-aged children who experienced intergenerational poverty were recruited to the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and were analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. RESULTS: Parents described their role as guiding their children to become 'good' people, to teach them skills and provide a routine within the home. There were two disconnections in the data including the view that whilst parenting was hard and lonely, it was also a private matter and participants preferred not to seek support. A second disconnection was in terms of their beliefs about play. Parents believed that whilst play was valuable to their child's development, it was not their role to play with children. However, if parents did play with their child, they noticed positive changes in their child's behaviour. CONCLUSION: The views of parents who experienced intergenerational poverty were similar to other reported findings in parenting studies. However, the current sample differed on not seeking help for support as well as not seeing their role as playing with their children, even though occasions of joining their child in play were associated with a positive change in their relationship with their child. This has implications for communicating about parenting issues with parents who have experienced intergenerational poverty. Language eng DOI 10.1111/cch.12268 Field of Research 111707 Family Care Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30074374 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 16 Jul 2015, 03:58:44 EST Thu, 16 Jul 2015, 05:00:34 EST Thu, 10 Sep 2015, 06:10:33 EST Tue, 20 Oct 2015, 14:11:24 EST Tue, 20 Oct 2015, 14:11:56 EST Tue, 27 Oct 2015, 10:30:23 EST Tue, 24 May 2016, 13:32:29 EST Tue, 24 May 2016, 13:34:05 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:39:07 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 07:10:43 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 316 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 16 Jul 2015, 03:58:44 EST

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