(Non-)Sharing as a Form of Maternal Care? The Ambiguous Meanings of Sharenting for Mothers of 0- To-8-Year-Old Children

Authors

  • Giovanna Mascheroni
  • Davide Cino
  • Gaia Amadori
  • Lorenzo Giuseppe Zaffaroni

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v13i1.635

Abstract

The present article reports on findings from a survey administered in (country anonymised) to a national representative sample of parents of children aged 0-8 around their sharenting behaviour. We first frame sharenting as a complex phenomenon where gendered, generational and agentic matters intertwine and mingle in complex ways. We then report results from a cluster analysis aimed at identifying different sharenting styles reflecting the scale and scope of parents’ sharing behaviour among our sample. The relationships between sharenting styles and parents’ socio-demographics, as well as parental practices of privacy management are further explored and reported. Altogether, findings provide insights into the experience of sharenting in family life pointing to a variety of sharing practices, while also showing first that sharenting represents a key site of identity performance for young mothers, and then how parents negotiate and manage related issues of agency and privacy.

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Published

31.01.2023

How to Cite

Mascheroni, G., Cino, D., Amadori, G., & Zaffaroni, L. G. (2023). (Non-)Sharing as a Form of Maternal Care? The Ambiguous Meanings of Sharenting for Mothers of 0- To-8-Year-Old Children. Italian Sociological Review, 13(1), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v13i1.635

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