Hongming Cheng

Jan 14, 2025 | tandfonline.com | Yixuan Wang |Hongming Cheng |Junxia Yang |Yue Hu

ABSTRACTThe prevalent norm of motherhood in contemporary societies is intensive mothering, which is child-centred. As a result, mothers are characterized positively only when they sacrifice unconditionally for their children. Chinese rural-to-urban migrant working mothers (RUMWMs) are low-class working mothers who must relocate for higher wages because of their living circumstances and are forced to leave their children behind. This leads to difficulty in achieving the ideal image of a good mother.