Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
Contents
"Some people don't consider it work" : investigating the work of family child care -- "I know how it feels to give your kids to somebody else" : synthesizing the family and the market in the work of family child care -- "You're just a housewife" : contesting stereotypes about motherhood, marriage, and family child care -- "When you have your family, you need your money" : employment opportunities and the meaning of family child care work -- "It's word of mouth" : social networks, local markets, and the provision of state-subsidized family child care -- "That's where I saw the need" : family child care as community care work -- "I had to educate the world that this is my work" : redefining and revaluing family child care work.