“A Mom, who has time for everything”. Mothers between work and family in contemporary Ukraine = "Мама, яка встигає все". Матері між роботою та сім'єю в сучасній Україні

Abstract

The chapter focuses on practices of combining work and family responsibilities by employed mothers in contemporary Ukraine that are realised in the new context of a market economy, a child-centred parenting culture, and a changing state role in supporting working mothers. The author’s empirical research, based on surveys and interviews with employed mothers, focuses on temporal tensions of everyday practices of combining work and care for children by employed mothers who live in two large Ukrainian cities.