Space and parenthood

This issue explores an almost overlooked area of geography: the spaces of parenthood. While the analysis of kinship relations is a classic field of anthropology, parenthood only recently became a common term in the media and a category for public policies (Chauvière 2008; collective 2016). In particular, health and education institutions have been seeking to frame this notion, increasingly disseminating the injunction to be a ‘good parent’ (Martin 2014). Unlike geography, the sociology of the..