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Mothering from a distance: The lived experiences of Filipina transnational mothers in Singapore

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Date
2021-12-01
Author
Ballaret, Jeffrey R. ORCID
Lanada, Jonel P.
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Singapore TGN
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Abstract
Transnational motherhood continues to grow among Filipina mothers. It resulted in economic prosperity and quality of life of Filipino families but caused family pressures within the sphere of motherhood. This qualitative study is grounded through the philosophical lens of phenomenology aimed to explore the lived experiences of transnational mothers. It seeks to understand their life history, present experiences that redefined their motherhood, and reflections of the future. The lived experiences of transnational mothers began with the experience of the personal and structural dimensions of poverty in the past. Their decision to embark on labor migration was primarily instrumental to alleviate their life condition. However, mothering from a distance has ensued emotional, social, and psychological strains. To cope with the situation, they observed four central coping ways: the role of faith and prayer; the repression of emotional strains through work and friends; focus and positive thinking; and the rationalization of distance by way of regular virtual communication and remittances. The hopes of transnational mothers revealed their yearning for family reunification predicated on improving their family life through financial security, savings, and children's education. This intersection between motherhood and labor migration has therefore created new family forms, structures, roles, meaning, and expectations.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/407
Recommended Citation
Ballaret, J. R., & Lanada, J. P. (2021). Mothering from a distance: The lived experiences of Filipina transnational mothers in Singapore. Family Journal, 30(4), 507
DOI
10.1177/10664807211061833
Type
Article
ISSN
1066-4807; 1552-3950
Keywords
Transnational motherhood Transnational family Mothering from a distance Lived experience Human resilience Transnational migration Working overseas Motherhood experience Filipina mother
Subject
Transnationalism OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Motherhood OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Families OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Life change events OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Resilience (Personality trait) OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Employment in foreign countries OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Motherhood--Economic aspects OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Motherhood--Psychological aspects OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Motherhood--Social aspects OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Motherhood--Religious aspects OCLC - FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)
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