Justifying homeschooling in Czech Republic: How "good parents" and their children use time

Abstract

In our study of Czech homeschooling families, we discovered that the unifying theme of their justifying narratives was how the families rearranged the norm of "good parenting," defined as the amount of time families spent together. The parents argued the importance of sacrificing their own time and educating their children themselves.

They distinguished themselves from parents who are not willing to attend the children's needs as much. Finally, we show that homeschooled children also actively adopt the family time management.

Keywords

• Good mother
• homeschooling
• parenting
• social norms
• using time