Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
Volume 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-160
Loss of parenting self-efficacy among immigrant parents (Article)
Ali M.A.*
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School of Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Abstract
The early settlement experiences of immigrant parents of young children arriving in Canada make it difficult for them to meet their young children's physiological, social and emotional needs, or to help them navigate the structures of their new environment. They lose their sense of self-efficacy in their parenting role in the face of rapid reduction in their social, emotional, cultural and financial resources. This loss of parenting self-efficacy is a consequence of systemic constraints on their ability to exercise agency in raising their children and, unless disrupted, it will perpetuate inequitable and unjust relations among racialized and white populations in Canada.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-48249129691&doi=10.2304%2fciec.2008.9.2.148&partnerID=40&md5=f78ae421d79e33db791ed96038c209f1
DOI: 10.2304/ciec.2008.9.2.148
ISSN: 14639491
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English