Parents' Childrearing Roles in Early Childhood in Relation to Infant Feeding

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Home economics/Human life
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: KANEKO Seiko 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80177518)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 授乳 / 母乳哺育 / 母親 / 父親 / 育児情報 / 養育期待

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine parents’ childrearing roles from gender sensitive perspective, focusing on infant feeding. We analyze about studies on breastfeeding, trends on maternal child health service after 1970’s and information for parents now. Through the promotion of breastfeeding in Japan, support services are mainly for mothers’ breastfeeding. On the other hand, to promote of fathers’ participation in childcare, their bottle-feeding practices are described in father and child handbooks and magazines for fathers. And yet fathers are given supporting roles because of the lack of awareness about fathers’ right on childrearing.

Free Research Field

保育学