Journal article
‘You can still have dreams for your child’: Filipino young people’s lived experiences of parenthood
Christine Marie Habito, Alison Morgan, Catherine Vaughan
Journal of Youth Studies | Taylor and Francis Group | Published : 2023
Abstract
This study aimed to explore Filipino young people’s lived experiences of parenthood. We employed narrative analysis of 27 photo elicitation and semi-structured interviews with 10 Filipino adolescent mothers (aged 15–19) and five young fathers (aged 18–24). We found that young parents developed constructions of ‘good’ mothers and fathers, invoking discourses of responsibility, sacrifice, and ‘intergenerational repair’ as they transitioned into their new ‘adult’ roles. Learning to deal with judgement and criticism was an inescapable part of navigating the realities of parenthood. However, they pushed back against these through discourses of redemption and aligning themselves with their constru..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is part of CMH's doctoral research project funded by the Nossal Global Health Scholars Programme of the Nossal Institute of Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Partial funding for qualitative data collection was also provided by the Population Health Investing in Research Students' Training grant of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, and the Riady Scholarship of the University of Melbourne.