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Abstract
Little is known about children's views and experiences of their parents’ work−life reconciliation and how these are negotiated in everyday family practices. This article examines families' experiences of work−life reconciliation from both children's and parents' perspectives, drawing on a qualitative longitudinal study with 14 families in Scotland. Such experiences have implications for the spatial and temporal construction of family and childhood in the UK, where working parenthood is increasingly the norm.
Notes
A recent ESRC initiative ‘Timescapes’ comprises seven empirical projects following people over time, investigating how their personal relationships and identities unfold over the life course. The projects collectively span the life course and are located in diverse geographical and cultural settings across the UK. http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk
An exception to this is a study by Seymour (Citation2010) exploring spatialised discourses among families when work and home coincide.
The study was part of the ESRC Timescapes research initiative.
Discussion of change is not the focus of this article and is presented elsewhere (Harden et al., Citation2012).