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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Homeschooling mothers -- Coming to a decision: first- and second-choice homeschoolers -- Defending good-mother identities: the homeschooling stigma -- Adding the teacher role: domestic labor and burnout -- Losing me-time: the temporal emotion work of motherhood -- Looking back: the homeschooling journey -- Taking stock of the present: perceptions of success -- Looking forward: empty desks, empty nests -- Savoring motherhood. |
| Summary |
Mothers who homeschool their children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow with an estimated 1.5 million American children now schooled at home. These children are largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Home Is Where the School I s is the first comprehensiv. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women teachers.
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Women teachers. |
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Mothers.
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Mothers. |
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Home schooling.
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Home schooling. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Mothers. |
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lois, Jennifer. Home is where the school is. New York : New York University Press, [2013] 9780814752517 (DLC) 2012037333 (OCoLC)777627043 |
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9780814789438 |
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0814789439 |
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0814752519 |
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9780814752517 |
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9780814759431 |
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0814759432 |
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9780814752517 (cl : alkaline paper) |
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9780814752524 (pb : alkaline paper) |
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0814752527 (pb : alkaline paper) |
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