Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
‘There’s a Little Bit of Tension There’: perspectives of mothers and early childhood educators on breast-feeding in child care centers
Originally published 2025-01-07 · Public Health Nutrition
Cambridge University Press · DOI 10.1017/S1368980024002313 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Examines tensions between work, milk provision and childcare routines, showing why a parent, employer and care provider need compatible expectations.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
Are the workplace and childcare center making compatible plans with the parent?
Examines tensions between work, milk provision and childcare routines, showing why a parent, employer and care provider need compatible expectations.
Study context
50 working mothers using US childcare centers and 22 early-childhood educators.
Age / stage: Mothers of infants in center-based care.
Read with three questions
- How did mothers’ expectations compare with educators’ constraints?
- Which feeding rules, training and time pressures limited support?
- Where did parents request individualized practices and what tensions followed?
Keep the limits in view
One-time self-selected interviews cannot estimate prevalence or show that a proposed coordination policy changes breastfeeding outcomes; center regulations and resources vary.
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Jill R Demirci; Rachel Dieterich; Melissa Glasser; Caroline Harpel; Timothy Shope (2025). ‘There’s a Little Bit of Tension There’: perspectives of mothers and early childhood educators on breast-feeding in child care centers Public Health Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980024002313
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