Intergenterational Readings/Resources (1994-1998)

This selective bibliography of intergenerational materials reflects the mission and activities of Generations Together, an intergenerational studies unit of the University of Pittsburgh\u27s Center for Social and Urban Research. The items selected for inclusion focus on the literature that describes ... mutual beneficial interaction between young and old through community outreach, education, research, and dissemination of knowledge. (Generations Together. 1999. Mission Statement ) This list covers the five-year period of 1994-1998 and follows an earlier bibliography that covered the period 1980-1994. The two bibliographies are similar in size, mirroring the growth of intergenerational studies as a dynamic field of research and programming. This bibliography is organized by format, and criteria and content limitations are noted at the start of each section when appropriate. It is hoped that this bibliography will assist program directors, human service professionals, educators, researchers, and students to identify resources on intergenerational topics

How Black Mothers “Successfully” Raise Children in the “Hostile” Canadian Climate

This article explores mothering from the perspective of a middle-aged, Black Caribbean mother living in Canada and her oldest daughter’s experiences. Engaging a first voice account from the daughter, the article provides a view into the mothering style and techniques that the daughter experienced as a result of being mothered by a woman born and partially raised in the Caribbean, uprooted from her home in the immigration process, and who subsequently makes another home in Canada. The perspectives proffered by the two women’s voices highlight the struggles of Black mothering under the gaze of White Canadian parenting expectations

Deleuze Becoming-Mary Poppins: Re-Imagining the Concept of Becoming-Woman and Its Potential for Challenging Current Notions of Parenting, Gender and Childhood

In this paper, we consider the major and controversial lexicon of Deleuze’s ‘becoming-woman’ and what an alternative re-working of this concept might look like through the story of Mary Poppins. In playfully exploring the many interesting aspects of Travers’ character, with her classic tale about the vagaries of parenting, we attempt to highlight how reading Mary Poppins through the Deleuzian lens of ‘becoming-woman’ opens up possibilities, not limitations, in terms of feminist perspectives. In initially resisting the ‘Disneyfication’ of Mary Poppins, Travers offered insights and opportunities which we revisit and consider in terms of how this fictional character can significantly disrupt ideas of gender performativity. We endeavour to accentuate how one of its themes not only dismantles the patriarchy in 1910 but also has significant traction in the twenty- first century. We also put forth the idea of Mary Poppins as an icon of post-humanism, a nomadic war machine, with her robotic caring, magic powers and literal flights of fancy, to argue how she ironically holds the dual position of representing the professionalisation of parenting and the need to move beyond a Dionysian view of children as in need of control and regulation, as well as that of nurturer and emancipator. Indeed, in her many contradictions, we suggest a nomadic Mary Poppins can offer a route into the ideas of Deleuze and his view of children as de-territorialising forces and activators of change

Becoming a migrant mother: An intersectional approach to the narratives of Cape Verdean women in Portugal

Becoming a mother in the context of migration configures itself as a dynamic process of identity constitution that raises questions about citizenship, belonging, and migration policies. Furthermore, it is a process that involves a new set of maternal positions and practices that are composed through possibly conflicting cultural values. Based on the occurrence of unplanned pregnancies, this study sought to analyze the dimensions crossed by this event through an intersectional perspective of the narratives of Cape Verdean immigrant women who had children in Portugal, focusing on gender, migration, race/ethnicity. In-depth interviews were conducted with nine women, born in Cape Verde and residing in Greater Lisbon, through the Biographic-Narrative Interpretative Method (BNIM), which enabled an approach to the different dimensions that intersect in life stories of becoming an immigrant mother. Thematic analysis was chosen as an analytical tool, and the framework provided by intersectionality allows us to see the multiple identities that shape the processes of becoming a migrant mother. The results brought to light themes and issues that overlap and make motherhood more complex in the context of migration, highlighting and reinforcing the conditions of inequality.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Too young to know? A multiple case study of child-to-parent intergenerational learning in relation to environmental sustainability

Little is known about child-to-parent intergenerational learning for environmental sustainability. This qualitative multiple case study research investigated how young Maltese children (aged three to seven years) influence their parents’ pro-environmental actions. Participants included 12 children and 10 parents. Data were collected via observations in one household and two state schools, conversational interviews with children, children’s drawings and their interpretations of them, children’s photograph interpretations, semi-structured interviews with parents and document analysis. Findings revealed that most parents were influenced by their children’s requests to engage in pro-environmental actions, which in turn they had learned about as part of the Eco-Schools programme. Additionally, some parents regarded their children as having agency in discussing environmental issues and strived to empower them in acquiring environmental stewardship skills, but others did not. These findings provide insight into young children’s direct and indirect abilities to influence adults’ actions towards environmental sustainability.peer-reviewe

Floating Entourage: Reframing Adult-Adolescent Computer-Mediated Communication towards Communal Adoption

As social media becomes the normal life experience of contemporary adolescents, faith communities are increasingly exploring ministry implications of this form of social interaction. The intent of this doctoral project is to reframe adult-adolescent computer mediated communication (hereafter, CMC) from systemic abandonment towards communal adoption. It is argued that by adaptively utilizing the concept of floating entourage,1 the foundational actions for the development of an adoptive multi-networked web of adult-adolescent relationships can be developed. Through psychosocial, theological, and missional examination, research identifies communicative community as a core reality of God’s desire for a cultural telos of communal adoption. The project consists of seminars offered between March and December of 2012 primarily targeting youth workers and secondarily parents represented from Fuller Theological Seminary’s Sacramento student body. The sessions encompassed theological, psychosocial, and ecological social media issues grounded in practical theology, measuring effectiveness according to the following desired outcomes: 1) an understanding of how each stage of adolescence affects social media usage; 2) integration of a CMC culture of adoption among existing offline-relationships; 3) understanding of how to develop opportunities for spiritual growth that invite adolescents to trust Jesus with social media issues; 4) an ability to counsel parents and other youth workers in contextualized CMC usage that perpetuates an adoption culture. To measure this, pre- and post-seminar surveys were given and results triangulated with online participant feedback of adult-adolescent CMC experiences. This study concludes that reframing adult perspectives increases psychosocial awareness of adolescent CMC usage. Concrete actions hospitable to communicative community became increasingly normative. The desire for corporate engagement with adolescents remained unchanged. Participants reported increased experiences of positive adult-adolescent social media interactions. Theological Mentor: Kurt Fredrickson, PhD Footnotes 1 Floating Entourage is a term developed to describe an adolescent’s ability through smart phone technology to digitally stay connected with their network of friends despite time and space limitations. Any adolescent, no matter where they may be, if equipped with a smart phone has this digital network of friends ‘hovering’ around with them

Tawahsi Yearbook 1977

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Newcomers: Portraits of Immigrants Raising Academically Achieving Gifted Children

To date, few research studies have focused on the home environments and specific strategies used by immigrant families to successfully parent gifted youth. This dissertation explores the parenting beliefs and practices of immigrants raising academically achieving gifted children in the United States. Using data from home observations and interviews, the study attempts to detail the cross-cultural parenting beliefs and practices of immigrants and what role these play in nurturing the academic success of gifted children. The study also examines the influential role of traditional values from the country of origin on these beliefs and practices. Using the qualitative method of portraiture, one cross-cultural belief, five cross-cultural parenting practices, and the concept of a Bicultural Academic Home Environment are illuminated through a narrative that combines both aesthetic and empirical detail. Central to this narrative are four meaningful themes- Sometimes It Is Just a Part of the Story, Doing the Best You Can, Promoting the Good, I Plant and Now I Harvest - that ultimately illuminate the home environment and parenting used by immigrant families to nurture the academic achievement of gifted children in America

Clemson Newsletter, 1989-1991

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Family structure, the State Children\u27s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and child outcomes

This dissertation consists of three separate but interrelated essays that investigate how family structure and public policy are linked to health and developmental child outcomes. Each essay employs two or three waves of the National Survey of America\u27s Families (NSAF) as the primary data source. The first essay broadly investigates how family structure, including the less typical non-traditional families such as single father and grandparent households, are related to a wide of array of child outcomes with a focus on the interplay of parent-child gender. The results from this study show that children in single father families have better health status than children living in all other non-traditional families. Adding economic resources and inputs appears to mitigate the adverse effect of poverty associated with non-traditional families, but does not eliminate such negative impact. The second essay investigates how the State Children\u27s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), which are designed to provide coverage for uninsured children with family income too high to qualify for Medicaid but not high enough to secure private insurance, affect coverage, medical care utilization and child health outcomes. I find strong and consistent evidence that the number of publicly insured children increases; however, the number of privately insured children also declines suggesting significant crowd-out. As a result, there are no consistent findings that SCHIP increased the overall number of insured children. The results also indicate that SCHIP programs encourage medical care utilization such as well-child care visits and doctor visits. Nevertheless, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of SCHIP with respect to improving children\u27s health outcomes. The third essay contributes to the sparse existing literature on two different fronts. First, it empirically investigates the impact of welfare reform on the formation of grandparent-headed households, while at the same time taking into account the interplay of other contemporary public programs such as state kinship care policies and SCHIP. Second, this essay explores the motivations underlying grandparent caregiving behaviors and offers insights to such behaviors from an economist\u27s perspective. I do not find evidence that welfare reform encourage grandparent household formation. However, there is strong evidence that kinship care policies encourage grandparent caregiving behaviors