육아모의 육아커뮤니티 경험을 통한 육아커뮤니티 센터의 공간서비스에 대한 요구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discuss the usage of child care community center and explore the needs for space and services through child-rearing mothers’ experiences about exchanges. For this, two focus group interviews were conducted with residents of apartments and multi-family houses (nine residents each) in Cheongju. Participants were mothers in their 30s and 40s of infants aged four years or younger. The results are as follows.: (1) Mothers had expectations about affective, informational, sociable, and instrumental aspects of exchanges among child-rearing mothers. (2) Mothers actually wanted to give and receive help, preferring to exchange help with neighbors over part-time care services. (3) Spatial needs for childcare community centers included plays, floor-seating, safety, facilities, division of areas, accessibility. (4) In relation to desired services and programs, mothers showed a strong need for affective (psychological counseling of parents, childcare counseling experts, psychological comfort of child-rearing mothers), informational (information magazines in child care community centers, parent education, father training), sociable (exchanges and self-managed activities of child-rearing mothers, Pumasi among child-rearing mothers), and instrumental (child development programs, donation and exchange of toys and books, talent donation) support. This suggested the need for a well-organized service plan based on the social support theory in order to revitalize child care communities.