Under the Watch of the State? Refugee Parents’ Experiences with Surveillance in Norwegian Early Childhood Education Centers
This article investigates refugee parents’ experiences with surveillance by early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals in Norway on the basis of semi-structured interviews with 15 parents from refugee backgrounds. The findings reveal that these parents feel their parenting abilities are...
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| description | This article investigates refugee parents’ experiences with surveillance by early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals in Norway on the basis of semi-structured interviews with 15 parents from refugee backgrounds. The findings reveal that these parents feel their parenting abilities are viewed with suspicion by ECEC professionals. This suspicion can lead to increased surveillance, causing parents to fear extensive state intervention in their private family lives. The study shows that parents resort to impression management strategies, including projecting conformity and engaging in open dialogue, to mitigate concerns about their parenting abilities. Their goal is to reduce suspicion and achieve minimal welfare state surveillance and intervention in their family lives. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-433717066b894289af23f8a94ddbe4ad2025-02-11T05:40:51ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2025-01-011531110.33134/njmr.602457Under the Watch of the State? Refugee Parents’ Experiences with Surveillance in Norwegian Early Childhood Education CentersEric Kimathi0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9463-2700Department of Global Development and Planning, University of AgderThis article investigates refugee parents’ experiences with surveillance by early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals in Norway on the basis of semi-structured interviews with 15 parents from refugee backgrounds. The findings reveal that these parents feel their parenting abilities are viewed with suspicion by ECEC professionals. This suspicion can lead to increased surveillance, causing parents to fear extensive state intervention in their private family lives. The study shows that parents resort to impression management strategies, including projecting conformity and engaging in open dialogue, to mitigate concerns about their parenting abilities. Their goal is to reduce suspicion and achieve minimal welfare state surveillance and intervention in their family lives.https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/602refugee parentsecec centerswelfare statesurveillanceimpression management |
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| title | Under the Watch of the State? Refugee Parents’ Experiences with Surveillance in Norwegian Early Childhood Education Centers |
| title_full | Under the Watch of the State? Refugee Parents’ Experiences with Surveillance in Norwegian Early Childhood Education Centers |
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| title_short | Under the Watch of the State? Refugee Parents’ Experiences with Surveillance in Norwegian Early Childhood Education Centers |
| title_sort | under the watch of the state refugee parents experiences with surveillance in norwegian early childhood education centers |
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