다문화가정 외국인 어머니의 자녀양육 인식과 경험에 관한 사례연구

A Case Study on the Children Rearing Perception and Experiences of Foreign Mothers from Multicultural Families

This study aims to explore the perceptions of children rearing and experiences of foreign mothers from multicultural families. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with five foreign mothers who lived in South Korea for 10 years. The data were analyzed through case study methodology. The study results show that first, the perception differences of foreign mothers from multicultural families on children rearing in comparison to South Korean mothers were shown as the following: ‘Why don’t you side with me, mother?’, ‘Why are you not trying to do things mother?’, and ‘Why don’t you get along with your friends, mother?’. Second, we confirmed that foreign mothers from multicultural families experience children rearing conflicts such as: ‘Is it my fault that my child is learning to speak late’, ‘How to discipline my misbehaving child’, and ‘How to deal with my child being difficult to communicate’. Third, we found the foreign mothers to be actively solving their children rearing difficulties through efforts like that of ‘keeping one’s own parenting beliefs’, ‘catching up with Korean mothers’, and ‘utilizing nearby resources’. Based on the above study results, political and practical propositions are discussed.