Parent health and wellbeing at home before and during COVID-19
Parent health and wellbeing at home before and during COVID-19
Environments of parenthood are changing with increasing rates of dual-working households, more single-parent and non-traditional families, increasing cost of childcare, and growing reliance on online communities for information and support. However, everyday parenthood activities are still primarily conducted at “home”. In this paper, we draw on a study which initially aimed to explore parent health and wellbeing in everyday contexts before COVID-19, but the pandemic shaped the enquiry further. Our empirical research is based on an online survey with a sample of UK parents (n = 274). Findings presented here relate to qualitative data focused on descriptions of parenthood at home, analysed thematically. Our study reveals how everyday activities of parenthood, including intersections with work and socialisation, are experienced in and through the home in ways that impact health and wellbeing. Significantly, it connects home-life changes created during COVID-19 “lockdowns” with longer-term considerations of parent needs.
COVID-19, Home, Home-schooling, Lockdown, Parent, Wellbeing
Houweling, Rachel, Elizabeth
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Power, Andrew
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Smith, Dianna
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28 April 2022
Houweling, Rachel, Elizabeth
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Power, Andrew
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Smith, Dianna
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Houweling, Rachel, Elizabeth, Power, Andrew and Smith, Dianna
(2022)
Parent health and wellbeing at home before and during COVID-19.
Wellbeing, Space and Society, 3, [100082].
(doi:10.1016/j.wss.2022.100082).
Abstract
Environments of parenthood are changing with increasing rates of dual-working households, more single-parent and non-traditional families, increasing cost of childcare, and growing reliance on online communities for information and support. However, everyday parenthood activities are still primarily conducted at “home”. In this paper, we draw on a study which initially aimed to explore parent health and wellbeing in everyday contexts before COVID-19, but the pandemic shaped the enquiry further. Our empirical research is based on an online survey with a sample of UK parents (n = 274). Findings presented here relate to qualitative data focused on descriptions of parenthood at home, analysed thematically. Our study reveals how everyday activities of parenthood, including intersections with work and socialisation, are experienced in and through the home in ways that impact health and wellbeing. Significantly, it connects home-life changes created during COVID-19 “lockdowns” with longer-term considerations of parent needs.
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Accepted/In Press date: 26 April 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 April 2022
Published date: 28 April 2022
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This work was undertaken as part of a doctoral training study, supported by The South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP), which in turn is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Funding number ES/P000673/1 .
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Keywords:
COVID-19, Home, Home-schooling, Lockdown, Parent, Wellbeing
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