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A Journey Through Time: Precious Time and Family Practice

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Fatherhood, Adolescence and Gender in Chinese Families

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The exploration of family time has involved present time, which covers issues of girls’ time spent together with fathers; generational time, regarding the communication between daughters and fathers; and finally life course time, which is associated with different life course stages during girls’ adolescence. These three timelines have been used as a way to understand the daily experiences of family practice and the possible changes across different generations and life course stages. Many fathers spent a large proportion of their time at work and thus little was left for the family. Their prioritization of work suggests that in practice many Chinese fathers still mainly define their role as breadwinner. However, fathers showed a huge amount of interest in, and high aspirations for, girls’ educational achievement.

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Xu, Q. (2016). A Journey Through Time: Precious Time and Family Practice. In: Fatherhood, Adolescence and Gender in Chinese Families. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46178-0_6

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