The concept of «intensive parenthood» in foreign literature

The article provides a scientific review of the understanding of intensive parenthood in foreign and national literature in the context of describing the psychological traits of mothers adhering to the model of intensive parenthood. The term itself is not purely scientific, but because of the popularity of this perspective of parenthood, it needs detailed consideration, description, research and justification. Many modern researchers are interested in describing and examining in more details the ideology of such a common pattern of parental behavior as intensive parenthood, and that’s why in this article you can find different views on the term and list of difficulties concerned with the model itself. The article also describes the psychological traits of mothers who adhere to this model of motherhood.

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