2024 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 19-
In Japan, the privatization of community-based support centers for child-rearing and the diversification of childcare providers beyond nursery teachers have been progressing. Consequently, this paper gathered data from mothers who were employed as childcare support workers at the aforementioned community-based support center for child-rearing through participant observation and interviews. The paper also discusses mutual support in child-rearing and creativity by structuring the acquired data from an organizational management perspective and presents the results as one way to support child-rearing in the future. The results of the survey indicated two points in the process leading to actual activities. Firstly, a "moderate sense of distance" from professionals and government officials was present when the participants put their thoughts into action. Secondly, the environment permitted them to engage in activities without being constrained by societal expectations of motherhood.
