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Abstract
In this study we analyze how 15 working mothers talk about the ways in which routines contribute to sustaining the accomplishment of their domestic work. In particular, we analyze the routines’ function of coordinating multiple lines of activity, their property of anticipating the unexpected and incorporating alternative responses, and their character of being a local resource for practical thinking and action. We then discuss the role that moral personal positioning and ideologies of parenthood, time management, and efficiency might have in accounting for the variety and diversification of routines among families.
Notes
1“A script is a knowledge structure in long-term memory that specifies the conditions and actions for achieving a goal” (CitationBarsalou, 1992, p. 76).
2Additional information to enhance comprehension is added in brackets.