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To examine how parenthood and motherhood are experienced and negotiated in elite sport systems through the theoretical lenses of care ethics and reproductive justice.

August 16, 2026Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and HealthOpen Access

Creative non-fiction stories about parenthood in Finnish sport: care ethics and reproductive justice

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MRMirjam RaudasojaUniversity of Jyväskylä TRTatiana V. RybaUniversity of Jyväskylä

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Qualitative narrative study reveals systemic care deficits for parents in competitive sports, highlighting how structural inequities generate reproductive injustice and ethical strain.

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To examine how parenthood and motherhood are experienced and negotiated in elite sport systems through the theoretical lenses of care ethics and reproductive justice.
Conducted 18 life-story interviews with nine Finnish sports practitioners across athlete, coaching, and leadership roles.
Applied narrative inquiry and creative non-fiction portraiture to construct three composite narrative portraits illustrating care approaches and reproductive justice.
Identified that institutional deficits in care generate severe psychological stress, moral dilemmas, and career trade-offs for athletic parents.
Showed that lack of care structures actively steers some sporting practitioners away from parenthood altogether.
Framed sport parenting as a systemic, relational, and political issue governed by institutional cultures rather than purely individual choice.

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Raudasoja et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a33f2fb91fc834add9b https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2026.2718941

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Qualitative narrative study reveals systemic care deficits for parents in competitive sports, highlighting how structural inequities generate reproductive injustice and ethical strain.

Creative non-fiction stories about parenthood in Finnish sport: care ethics and reproductive justice

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Creative non-fiction stories about parenthood in Finnish sport: care ethics and reproductive justice

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