Home Is Where the School Is : : The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering / / Jennifer Lois.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Lois, Jennifer,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Homeschooling Mothers --; Part I. The Emotional Culture of Good Mothering --; 2. Coming to a Decision --; 3. Defending Good-Mother Identities --; Part II. The Temporal-Emotional Conflict of Good Mothering --; 4. Adding the Teacher Role --; 5. Losing Me-Time --; Part III. Homeschooling Motherhood over Time --; 6. Looking Back --; 7. Taking Stock of the Present --; 8. Looking Forward --; 9. Savoring Motherhood --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814789438; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814752517.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jennifer Lois.

Explores the experiences of homeschooling mothersMothers who homeschool their children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow with an estimated 1.5 million American children now schooled at home. These children are largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Home Is Where the School Is is the first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers. Drawing on rich data collected through eight years of fieldwork and dozens of in-depth interviews, Jennifer Lois examines the intense effects of the emotional and temporal demands that homeschooling places on mothers’ lives, raising profound questions about the expectations of modern motherhood and the limits of parenting.