Parents' perspectives on the role of kin in child-rearing: a qualitative study on Greenland's universal parenting programme MANU.

ABSTRACT: Nurturing care and protection from parents and community in the early years of life are fundamental for a child's development. The article aims to explore what relations parents see as meaningful in their child's upbringing and how these are shaped, and how these perspectives are reflected in MANU. MANU is a universal parenting programme in Greenland. Ten of 40 interviews with parents were selected for the analysis of this article's objective. Five grandparents were interviewed. Grandparents are the child's closest extended family members and provide support to parents. Parents placed between one to 19 extended family members in their child's network. Eating and being in nature together, along with familial and intergenerational connectedness, were deemed valuable and important aspects in

SUBMITTER: Ingemann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10286674 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature