Como as mães de uma creche domiciliar percebem o trabalho de tomar conta de crianças?

Abstract

The objective of the present article is to analyse the professional and life trajectories of a group of mothers and the meaning which they attribute to the work of looking after children in a home-based crèche in the municipality of São Gonçalo in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The theoretical framework includes sociological and anthropological studies on working class families, gender, work and education. The analysis reveals that the meanings translate a familyoriented perspective of education, which takes place by means of the delegation of the responsibility for raising children to those looking after them.