Actualizing the "Democratic Family"? Swedish Policy Rhetoric versus Family Practices

Ahlberg, Jenny; Roman, Christine; Duncan, Simon

doi:10.1093/sp/jxn003

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“…We ruled this out, however, given that this is not typical of previous intergenerational studies, in which significant differences have been found between parents and children in the way they raised their offspring (see Campbell & Gilmore, , and Jung & Sterling Honig, ). Another possibility is that the second cohort, which was directly affected by laws enacting bans on corporal punishment in 1979 (see Ahlberg et al, , for a review), interpreted their parents' behavior more harshly than the previous generation. A final possibility is that the reports of the second cohort are accurate and that, like many people who find their behaviors restricted, their parents encountered psychological reactance (i.e., strong negative feelings when choice is restricted; Brehm & Brehm, ) and did not easily give up the right to discipline their children as they saw fit.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Have Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Roles Changed in the Last 50 Years?

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Stattin

Tilton‐Weaver

2014

J of Marriage and Family

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This study examined changes in authoritarian parenting practices and family roles in Sweden over the last 50 years. Data came from 3 cohorts (1958, 1981, and 2011) of young to middle‐age adults living in a suburb of Stockholm who answered questions about how they were raised (N1958 = 385, N1981 = 207, N2011 = 457). The results showed a dramatic decrease in parents' directive control. Also, over time, parents increasingly allowed children to express anger toward them. Parents' roles changed from stereotyped versions of fathers as decision makers and mothers as caregivers to both parents sharing decisions and garnering respect from children. Overall, the results suggest that authoritarian parenting practices have declined dramatically and moved toward more egalitarian family environments. Virtually all these changes in parental practices and parental roles happened between the last 2 cohorts.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Have Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Roles Changed in the Last 50 Years?

Trifan

Stattin

Tilton‐Weaver

2014

J of Marriage and Family

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“…In this light, alternating residence can be seen as a sign of social progression, where the problem, if any, is that it is not practiced often enough (Ahlberg et al . ; Williams ).…”

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“…It is also an opportunity for faulty gender roles to be re-negotiated post-separation (Harris-Short 2010: 270). In this light, alternating residence can be seen as a sign of social progression, where the problem, if any, is that it is not practiced often enough (Ahlberg et al 2008;Williams 2008).…”

Section: The Swedish Development Towards Court-ordered Alternating Rementioning

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Equal Parenting when Families Break Apart: Alternating Residence and the Best Interests of the Child in Sweden

Blomqvist

Heimer

2015

Soc Policy Adm

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Shared, or alternating, residence for children when their parents separate is increasingly common. Sweden adopted a new policy in 1998 (modified in 2006) which gave courts the mandate to order 50/50 alternating residence against the will of one parent. Since then, the 50/50 alternating residence has become the legal norm in Sweden in cases of disputed custody. In this article, we ask how Swedish policymakers reasoned in relation to the potentially conflicting values of equal parenting post‐separation and the interests of children. More specifically, we investigate how they addressed some of the most common objections to court‐ordered alternating residence. We found that all three issues were discussed extensively during the policy‐making process, but that, in the end, none of them was seen as contradictory to the goal of promoting more equal parenting roles post‐separation through the introduction of court‐ordered alternating residence. This policy outcome, we argue, should be seen in light of Sweden's long‐standing commitment to strengthening the role of fathers in the care of children.

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“…Mammor är typiskt sett hemma med barnet under den första tiden, då barnet är mindre, vilket innebär andra krav och möjligheter än den period då pappor vanligtvis är hemma med ett något äldre barn. Det finns få studier om vilka aktiviteter som sker under föräldraledigheten, men kvalitativa studier indikerar att män använder sig av större frihet i hur de använder sin föräld-raledighet (Bekkengen 2002;Ahlberg, Roman & Duncan 2008).…”

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Svensk föräldraförsäkrings utveckling och konsekvenser

Duvander¹

2017

SPA

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Ph.d. i sosiologi, professor ved Sociologiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet Ann-zofie.duvander@sociology.su.se SAMMANFATTNING Den här artikeln ämnar ge en överblick över svensk föräldraförsäkring ur ett jämställdhets-perspektiv. Jag beskriver utvecklingen av försäkringen sedan dess införande på 1970-talet, samt hur och av vem föräldraledighet används. Därefter exemplifierar jag konsekvenser av användningen för fortsatt uppdelning av omvårdnad av barn och annat hushållsarbete samt för inkomstutveckling för kvinnor och män. Resultaten visar tydliga samband mellan en ojämn uppdelning av föräldraledighet och fortsatt sned uppdelning av omvårdnad och hushållsarbete, samt för kvinnor en sämre inkomstutveckling, Artikeln avslutas med en diskussion om föräldraförsäkringens framtid.

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Actualizing the "Democratic Family"? Swedish Policy Rhetoric versus Family Practices

Cited by 89 publications

References 27 publications

Have Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Roles Changed in the Last 50 Years?

Have Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Roles Changed in the Last 50 Years?

Equal Parenting when Families Break Apart: Alternating Residence and the Best Interests of the Child in Sweden

Svensk föräldraförsäkrings utveckling och konsekvenser

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