How does parental time relate to social class in a Nordic welfare state?

Time intensive parenting has spread in Western countries. This study contributes to the literature on parental time use, aiming deepen our understanding of relationship between childcare and social class. Based time-diary data (2010–2011) from Norway, a concept class that links parents’ amount composition economic cultural capital, we examine spent by parents activities. The analysis shows gender intersect: motherhood, as measured active childcare, including developmental activities thought stimulate children's skills, is practised all mothers. A small group mothers upper-middle fraction spend even more than other fathers less mothers’, intra-class divisions are notable. Not only lower-middle fathers, but also cultural/balanced most fathering. Economic working-class least childcare. new insight into patterns challenges widespread notion different logics middle class, compared working