Mother–Grandmother Co-Parenting in Multigenerational Urban Family in Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.200529.244How to use a DOI?

Keywords

co-parenting, multigenerational family, parenting

Abstract

Multi-generational families are common in Indonesia, but research in this context is still very rare. This study is conducted to understand how grandparents and parents in the context of multi-generational families jointly carry out childcare using a qualitative case study approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with grandparents and parents from the lower-middle class who lived together (co-residence) and had children under 7 years old in urban area of Surabaya. The results of the interviews were then analyzed using interactive analysis techniques from Miles and Huberman. The results of the interviews show that family care is the main responsibility and carried out jointly by the mother and grandmother, while the men in the family act as the head of the family, decision-makers, and providers of the main financial needs. Some families can do co-parenting well, but some mothers and grandmothers face conflict in doing co-parenting. This research raises questions for further research in the context of multigenerational families.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dewi Ilma Antawati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/04
TI  - Mother–Grandmother Co-Parenting in Multigenerational Urban Family in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1163
EP  - 1169
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.244
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.244
ID  - Antawati2020
ER  -