The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden
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Resumo: | This article contributes to the debate on the father’s role in child care by looking at two distinct cases of child care policy development: Sweden and Lithuania. The findings show that Sweden continues to embrace the dual-earner-carer model very successfully. Parental leave, including non-transferable father’s quota, is very popular among the population. In Lithuania we find the dual-earner model, as there is still more emphasis on the mother’s employment than on the father’s child care involvement. Based on the experts’ views and document analysis, we conclude that in Lithuania the parental leave benefit is increasingly seen as a measure to ensure the family’s financial security, but not as an instrument to enhance fatherhood rights. Yet, the state intentionally supports kinship familialism as grandparents are entitled to take parental leave. |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Swedenchild care; family policies; Lithuania; parental leave; social policies; SwedenThis article contributes to the debate on the father’s role in child care by looking at two distinct cases of child care policy development: Sweden and Lithuania. The findings show that Sweden continues to embrace the dual-earner-carer model very successfully. Parental leave, including non-transferable father’s quota, is very popular among the population. In Lithuania we find the dual-earner model, as there is still more emphasis on the mother’s employment than on the father’s child care involvement. Based on the experts’ views and document analysis, we conclude that in Lithuania the parental leave benefit is increasingly seen as a measure to ensure the family’s financial security, but not as an instrument to enhance fatherhood rights. Yet, the state intentionally supports kinship familialism as grandparents are entitled to take parental leave.Cogitatio2020-10-09info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i4.2962oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2962Social Inclusion; Vol 8, No 4 (2020): Division of Labour within Families, Work–Life Conflict and Family Policy; 81-912183-2803reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2962https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i4.2962https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2962/2962Copyright (c) 2020 Jolanta Aidukaite, Donata Telisauskaite-Cekanavicehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAidukaite, JolantaTelisauskaite-Cekanavice, Donata2022-12-20T11:00:28Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2962Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:58.704600Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden Aidukaite, Jolanta child care; family policies; Lithuania; parental leave; social policies; Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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The Father’s Role in Child Care: Parental Leave Policies in Lithuania and Sweden |
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Aidukaite, Jolanta |
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Aidukaite, Jolanta Telisauskaite-Cekanavice, Donata |
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Telisauskaite-Cekanavice, Donata |
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Aidukaite, Jolanta Telisauskaite-Cekanavice, Donata |
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child care; family policies; Lithuania; parental leave; social policies; Sweden |
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child care; family policies; Lithuania; parental leave; social policies; Sweden |
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This article contributes to the debate on the father’s role in child care by looking at two distinct cases of child care policy development: Sweden and Lithuania. The findings show that Sweden continues to embrace the dual-earner-carer model very successfully. Parental leave, including non-transferable father’s quota, is very popular among the population. In Lithuania we find the dual-earner model, as there is still more emphasis on the mother’s employment than on the father’s child care involvement. Based on the experts’ views and document analysis, we conclude that in Lithuania the parental leave benefit is increasingly seen as a measure to ensure the family’s financial security, but not as an instrument to enhance fatherhood rights. Yet, the state intentionally supports kinship familialism as grandparents are entitled to take parental leave. |
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