‘Our work is to be there’: understanding Latinx immigrant family, friend, and neighbour childcare providers’ motivations, needs, and experiences
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2022-01-17
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Ana Katrina Aquino & David A. Schultz (2022) ‘Our work is to be there’: understanding Latinx immigrant family, friend, and neighbour childcare providers’ motivations, needs, and experiences, Early Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2021.2025052
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Early Child Development and Care on 17 Jan 2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03004430.2021.2025052.
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Family, Friend, and Neighbour (FFN) care is one of the oldest and most widespread forms of childcare used by families, yet there is far less research on this type of childcare compared to others. This study focused on a subpopulation of Latinx immigrant FFN providers to learn about their specific motivations, needs, and facilitators and barriers to accessing services. Qualitative data come from a subsample of a larger study and include 5 focus groups comprised of 41 Latinx immigrant FFN providers; these data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2020). The 3 themes, “They Need Us”; “We’re Not Babysitters, We’re Providers”; and “To Face the Job at 100%” along with their subthemes capture Latinx immigrant FFN providers’ strong commitment and sense of duty to the children and families that they serve. Research and practice implications are discussed.