TY - BOOK AU - Lois,Jennifer TI - Home is where the school is: the logic of homeschooling and the emotional labor of mothering SN - 9780814789438 AV - LC40 .L65 2013eb U1 - 371.04/2 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Women teachers KW - Mothers KW - Home schooling KW - Enseignantes KW - Mères KW - teachers KW - aat KW - mothers KW - EDUCATION KW - Home Schooling KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Homeschooling mothers -- Coming to a decision : first- and second-choice homeschoolers -- Defending good-mother identities : the homeschooling stigma -- Adding the teacher role : domestic labor and burnout -- Losing me-time : the temporal emotion work of motherhood -- Looking back : the homeschooling journey -- Taking stock of the present : perceptions of success -- Looking forward : empty desks, empty nests -- Savoring motherhood N2 - Mothers who homeschool their children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow with an estimated 1.5 million American children now schooled at home. These children are largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. This book is a comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=513612 ER -