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Journal of Family Studies is an international journal. It aims to develop understandings of families, households and relationships from a range of perspectives
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Bursting bubbles: the role of companion animals in the regulation of childhood innocence
• Kuchirko et al
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Bursting bubbles: the role of companion animals in the regulation of childhood innocence
Children across the globe grow up around animals. Children who live with animals are often exposed to experiences that U.S. parents – many of whom uphold the ideology of childhood innocence – may s...
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Being there to care: the impact of a 30-hour work week on social relationships - evidence from a women's organization in Belgium
• Mullens and Glorieux
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Being there to care: the impact of a 30-hour work week on social relationships – evidence from a women’s organization in Belgium
Looking into a 30-hour work week trial in a women’s organization in Belgium, this paper investigates how the time for intimate family relationships has changed going into a shorter work week and ho...
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Education-related cognitive labour in Chinese immigrant families • Niu
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Education-related cognitive labour in Chinese immigrant families
While the cognitive dimension of family work has received considerable scholarly attention, one of the aspects unaccounted for is couples’ mental efforts in promoting children’s social and intellec...
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Parenting experiences and impacts to wellbeing for South and Southeast Asian migrant caregivers in Australia across the First 2000 Days: reflections from migrants and service providers
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Parenting experiences and impacts to wellbeing for South and Southeast Asian migrant caregivers in Australia across the First 2000 Days: reflections from migrants and service providers
The First 2000 Days are a key period for children’s development. Stressors experienced during this period – including stressors experienced by parents – may predict children’s future wellbeing outc...
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Tracking ambivalence in family definitions at different stages of the family life cycle • Pustulka and Sikorska
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Tracking ambivalence in family definitions at different stages of the family life cycle
The article investigates how definitions of family differ at subsequent stages of the family life cycle (FLC) in Poland, where multiple framings of family collide. Highlighting temporal changes in ...
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Brothers in arms: working-class men, social mobility and fraternal bonds • Stahl, Nguyen and Fairbairn
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Brothers in arms: working-class men, social mobility and fraternal bonds
Sibling comparisons have always been an integral aspect to how we understand social mobility and family life. As individuals become socially mobile, this often involves taking a path less travelled...
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An invisible injury’: intrapersonal experiences of adults discovering misattributed paternity
Alyona Cerfontyne, IcLevita D’Souza & Lefteris Patlamazoglou
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‘An invisible injury’: intrapersonal experiences of adults discovering misattributed paternity
Millions of people grow up unaware of their true biogenetic origin due to misattributed paternity. Although this phenomenon is as old as humanity, no qualitative studies have been dedicated to the ...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Serial mediation of intergenerational conflict and life adaptation on AFD and mental health among mother–child dyads in interethnic marriage immigrant families in Taiwan | Chuan-Chuan Cheng
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Serial mediation of intergenerational conflict and life adaptation on AFD and mental health among mother–child dyads in interethnic marriage immigrant families in Taiwan
Although there is numerous empirical support for the concept of acculturative family distancing (AFD) or acculturation gaps, research has mainly focused on immigrant families in intraethnic marriag...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Chinese and Turkish parents’ reflective parenting: accelerating shifts in contemporary parenting during pandemic contexts | Lehner-Mear et al 🔓 Open Access
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Chinese and Turkish parents’ reflective parenting: accelerating shifts in contemporary parenting during pandemic contexts
During the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during periods of quarantine, parents and children were sometimes together in ways which contrasted their pre-pandemic life. This paper uses a reflective ...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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‘I’m very happy with where she’s at’: a critical analysis of Australian mothers’ constructions of urban children’s local active mobility practices | Whitley et al 🔓 Open Access

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‘I’m very happy with where she’s at’: a critical analysis of Australian mothers’ constructions of urban children’s local active mobility practices
The prevalence of physical inactivity among children is a key concern shaping public health promotion, policy and research. Parental practices surrounding children’s transition to independent mobil...
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Becoming an ‘almost normal family’: fostering young male refugees as a space of doing, normalizing and transgressing family | Paul Scheibelhofer
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Becoming an ‘almost normal family’: fostering young male refugees as a space of doing, normalizing and transgressing family
This article analyses how family is negotiated in fostering young unaccompanied male refugees in Austria. Adopting a praxeological perspective of ‘doing family’ the paper focusses on how family nor...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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‘We are earning peanuts’: fatherhood and precarity among car guards in Cape Town, South Africa
Mandisa Malinga, Katya Kee-Tui and Tanian Walsh
‘We are earning peanuts’: fatherhood and precarity among car guards in Cape Town, South Africa
Poverty and unemployment are cited as some of the factors impacting men’s fathering practices and involvement in their children’s lives. However, the ways in which these factors shape fatherhood ac...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Disclosure and expression of gender identities in romantic relationships of trans and non-binary individuals in Chile
Marais del Rio, Jaime Barrientos and Dariela Sharim
Disclosure and expression of gender identities in romantic relationships of trans and non-binary individuals in Chile
The disclosure and expression of trans and non-binary gender identities introduce unique complexities and stressors to romantic relationships, affecting each partner and the relationship itself in ...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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When men become fathers, women become project leaders: Swedish parenting practices over time
Jenny Alsarve and Terese Glatz
When men become fathers, women become project leaders: Swedish parenting practices over time
The gendered division of housework and care has long been a key topic in family research. In this qualitative study, the aim is to deepen the knowledge of parents’ division of labour by exploring h...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Mothering in double crisis: pandemic parenting while homeless
Alexandra E. Pavlakis, J. Kessa Roberts, Maria Jose Hernandez and Meredith P. Richards
Mothering in double crisis: pandemic parenting while homeless
The global COVID-19 pandemic had widespread effects on children and families. It also presented a ‘double crisis’ for many parents, disproportionately women of colour, who were mothering through a ...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Intensive mothering—Different repertoires, same goal
Hana Hašková and Radka Dudová
Intensive mothering—Different repertoires, same goal
Intensive parenting has become the dominant standard in economically advanced countries and has recently spread across various socioeconomic and ethnic groups. However, more knowledge is needed to ...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM