Discusses the amount of leisure time available to family mothers and how they use this time. Summarizes the results from an experimental outreach program designed to recruit family mothers at home to participate in adult education offerings. Concluding remarks consider the obstacles family mothers face in participating in educational activities.…

To estimate variables describing identity change, Finnish housewives with work skills were interviewed after their children entered school. Thirty mothers who had remained at home with their preschool-age children were interviewed twice: once when their youngest child was 8 years of age and again when the child was 11. Of these mothers 15 were…