'I Blame the Mother’: Educating Parents and the Gendered Nature of Parenting Orders

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Abstract

There has been an increasing focus from policymakers, academics and journalists on parents as the source of their child’s anti-social behaviour both in and outside of the formal school setting. One intervention proffered is the parenting order. The language of parenting orders and parenting interventions obscures a distinct truth, that parenting orders are really mothering orders. This paper draws on findings generated during interviews with 26 parents attending a parenting education programme in a city in the north of England. This paper explores the gendered nature of parental education, in that the overwhelming majority of parents ordered by the courts to attend parenting classes are women. The paper explores mothers’ experiences of receiving coercive parenting education, examines the reasons why mothers were given parenting orders and explores the nature of these mothers’ relationships with their child’s school.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-130
JournalGender and Education
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012

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