@inbook{8afc6e3928bf41d884dadb1cdd16f162,
title = "Parenting Practices in the City",
abstract = "This chapter investigates in more detail the daily practices of mothers and fathers in inner-city Helsinki. It first considers the transition to parenthood, and shows how mothers and fathers through their spatial practices incorporate parenting into their urban self-identities, and concludes that traditional gender roles in many senses are blurred while parenting in the city. The chapter further shows that the families actively use their inner-city neighbourhoods in their everyday lives and enjoy being able to use different modes of transport—walking cycling, public transport or the car—and to have access to nearby services. The chapter also concludes that the opportunity to spend time in the nearby environment without the children is also important for the parents.",
author = "Johanna Lilius",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-10-9010-3_5",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-981-10-9009-7",
series = "The Contemporary City",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "67--85",
booktitle = "Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood",
address = "United States",
edition = "1",
}
