Transnational maternity. The mother in the role of an economic migrant

Abstract

One of the trends in contemporary population migrations is the feminization of migration, meaning an increase in the number of women actively participating in the migration. It has caused transnational maternity to become an international phenomenon consisting in the completion of the care and child-raising functions of the mother "at a distance". This phenomenon is also accompanied by many consequences, both for the migrating mothers, their families, especially for the children left in their country of origin, as well as for the quality of the mother-children relation. This article is an attempt at describing the situation of the mothers who have emigrated in order to make money, the emotional difficulties they are experiencing and the manners in which they fulfill their parental functions, especially those related to taking care of and raising their children.