From welfare to illfare: public concern for Finnish childhood

Forsberg, Hannele; Ritala-Koskinen, Aino

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“…Anxiety stemmed from concern over increased children’s mental health problems as well as an increased number of children taken into custody. Although the reasons related to mental health issues as well as increased number of children taken into custody are manifold (Forsberg and Ritala-Koskinen, 2011; Heino and Pösö, 2003), the projects were built around parental determinism, that is, ideas regarding how parents’ behaviour represents the causes of multiple childhood dysfunctions (Sihvonen, 2020; also cf. Lee et al, 2014).…”

Section: Rootless Parents and Community (Re)building: ‘It Takes The W...mentioning

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‘They are Alone in Their Parenthood’: Parenting Support and (Re)building Community

Sihvonen

2022

Sociological Research Online

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This article uniquely contributes to critical discussions about parenting support in contemporary social science research that has examined the recent political and public attention on parenting. The studies highlight the increased attention on individualised parenting support focused on the parent–child relationship. Based on an analysis of 310 family support projects initiated in Finland, this research found that another orientation exists alongside individualised parenting support, which has gained only little attention in recent studies about parenting support. That alternative focuses on a communal parenting support, wherein parenting support is conducted by means of community (re)building. This article summarises how anxiety about parenting overlaps with discussions about community as well as ‘the family decline’, creating a need for community (re)building. In this study, I show how concern within family support projects is harnessed to establish ‘communion’, representing a third category alongside the more common sociological notions of ‘society’ and ‘community’. However, fundamental tensions appear as projects attempt to build community, which I also discuss in this article.

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Section: Rootless Parents and Community (Re)building: ‘It Takes The W...mentioning

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‘They are Alone in Their Parenthood’: Parenting Support and (Re)building Community

Sihvonen

2022

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“…The childhood researchers who refer to sociology have emphasized the importance of listening to the children, which has already been happening for several years in Finland. The objective should be to study together as a co-researcher with the children, without placing them as the target (Forsberg andRitala-Koskinen 2010, Helavirta 2011). International scientific conversation about child-centered research has also been going on for a long time (e.g., Fattore, Mason and Watson 2007, James 2007, since the well-being evaluations by children and adults differ (Gaspar et al 2010).…”

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Promoting children’s well-being at school and at home: Methodological considerations

Poikolainen¹

2013

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This study conducted research on children’s well-being from their perspective, respecting theirsubjective experiences and viewpoints. The aim of the article is twofold: to discuss about how toresearch children’s well-being and describe their well-being at home and school. In 2011, the data wasgathered in two phases in the Finnish comprehensive schools of Päijät-Häme region. First, informationabout the children’s knowledge of well-being was collected using interviews and workshops. Second,this data was used to develop an e-questionnaire, which was delivered to all the second to sixth graders(8–12 years old) in the region’s schools (N=3731). In this article the focus is in the questionnaire, thedata was analyzed using mainly descriptive methods. The analysis revealed that the adults in theschools, teachers and support personnel, as well as parents, are needed to foster the children’s wellbeing. These contexts should be researched simultaneously, not as separate domains. The positiveattitudes of school personnel towards pupils, and parents’ positive, authoritative childrearing practicescontribute to the children’s feeling of well-being.

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From welfare to illfare: public concern for Finnish childhood

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‘They are Alone in Their Parenthood’: Parenting Support and (Re)building Community

‘They are Alone in Their Parenthood’: Parenting Support and (Re)building Community

Promoting children’s well-being at school and at home: Methodological considerations

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