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CONFERENCE PROCEEDING
Coparenting practices among dual-Income nuclear families with two children: Focusing on gender norms in Japanese households
1
Tokyo Medical University, School of Nursing- Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
2
International University of Health and Welfare, Nursing, Odawara, Japan
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A1024
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In Japan, the rise of dual-income nuclear families has shifted childcare to couples. Research is needed on multi-child parenting and spousal cooperation in such households.In Japan, the rise of dual-income nuclear families has shifted childcare to couples. Research is needed on multi-child parenting and spousal cooperation in such households.
OBJECTIVES:
This study aims to clarify how dual-earner couples in nuclear families with two children engage in discussions and collaborate in their coparenting practices.
METHODS:
Semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim, coded, subcategorized, and categorized, followed by qualitative inductive analysis. Participants were dual-earner couples in nuclear families, aged 18 or older, with two preschool children related by blood. Each spouse was interviewed individually for approximately 60 minutes. Inclusion criteria required both spouses to work full-time and to entrust their children to non-family caregivers during the day.
RESULTS:
In dual-income nuclear families with two children, coparenting involves non-traditional gender roles, deeper family bonds, personal flexibility in parenting, and use of support systems. This study analyzed narratives from both husbands and wives, revealing notable gender-based differences in perspectives.In dual-income nuclear families with two children, coparenting involves non-traditional gender roles, deeper family bonds, personal flexibility in parenting, and use of support systems. This study analyzed narratives from both husbands and wives, revealing notable gender-based differences in perspectives.
CONCLUSIONS:
During the parenting period, couples were freed from traditional gender roles and engaged in childcare and housework collaboratively, based on a shared sense of equality. Support was primarily received from extended family and workplaces, with additional reliance on accessible social resources. Couples demonstrated creativity in managing parenting tasks to maintain emotional balance, emphasizing the importance of the family unit over the marital unit.
KEY MESSAGE:
Coparenting, Dual-Earner Families, Nuclear Families, Childcare, Family Relationships Poster session 4 (Group B)
In Japan, the rise of dual-income nuclear families has shifted childcare to couples. Research is needed on multi-child parenting and spousal cooperation in such households.In Japan, the rise of dual-income nuclear families has shifted childcare to couples. Research is needed on multi-child parenting and spousal cooperation in such households.
OBJECTIVES:
This study aims to clarify how dual-earner couples in nuclear families with two children engage in discussions and collaborate in their coparenting practices.
METHODS:
Semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim, coded, subcategorized, and categorized, followed by qualitative inductive analysis. Participants were dual-earner couples in nuclear families, aged 18 or older, with two preschool children related by blood. Each spouse was interviewed individually for approximately 60 minutes. Inclusion criteria required both spouses to work full-time and to entrust their children to non-family caregivers during the day.
RESULTS:
In dual-income nuclear families with two children, coparenting involves non-traditional gender roles, deeper family bonds, personal flexibility in parenting, and use of support systems. This study analyzed narratives from both husbands and wives, revealing notable gender-based differences in perspectives.In dual-income nuclear families with two children, coparenting involves non-traditional gender roles, deeper family bonds, personal flexibility in parenting, and use of support systems. This study analyzed narratives from both husbands and wives, revealing notable gender-based differences in perspectives.
CONCLUSIONS:
During the parenting period, couples were freed from traditional gender roles and engaged in childcare and housework collaboratively, based on a shared sense of equality. Support was primarily received from extended family and workplaces, with additional reliance on accessible social resources. Couples demonstrated creativity in managing parenting tasks to maintain emotional balance, emphasizing the importance of the family unit over the marital unit.
KEY MESSAGE:
Coparenting, Dual-Earner Families, Nuclear Families, Childcare, Family Relationships Poster session 4 (Group B)
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