Investigation of mothers perspective on the child from different generations

Generations consisting of individuals with a common understanding and sense of life have their own unique behaviours, and these characteristics are also reflected in their maternal roles The perspective on the child, which is shaped by various factors, affects the methods of child-rearing employed by mothers and their attitudes and behaviours towards their offspring. The aforementioned information serves as the foundation for this study, which aims to examine the perspective of BB, X, Y and Z generation mothers towards their children. The research is designed within the framework of explanatory sequential mixed design. The study group consisted of 583 mothers. In the study, mothers' perspectives on the child were evaluated quantitatively using the "Assessment Tool of Beliefs about Children". Subsequently, a total of 12 mothers were randomly selected from the study group, with 3 mothers from each generation. Interviews were conducted with mothers regarding their perceptions and perspectives on motherhood and childhood. The Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detection analysis method was employed for the quantitative analysis of the study data. Qualitative data were analysed using the content analysis method. The findings of the research indicated that mothers' perspectives on the child is generation based. This study elucidates generational differences by understanding the maternal perspectives of different generations on their children, and provides information that will contribute to the development of more conscious strategies for parenting approaches.