‘Doing One’s Bit’

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-90
Author(s):  
Lynda Mugglestone
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Home Front ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Active Service ◽  
At Home

This chapter focusses on the war-time discourse of the volunteer, recruiting, and the eventual move to conscription, while exploring the rhetorical patterns of patriotism and identity (and identity politics) which result. As Clark records, in war-time use, to do one’s bit was to be both prominent and remarkably polysemous, spanning collective and individual agency on the Home Front (a new collocation in its own right) alongside the diction of recruiting and active service. The volunteer and voluntary enlistment (and the conflicted semantics that these and related words reveal) were, on one level, presented as a prime means by which one’s bit was done in the early years of war. Nevertheless, the diction of identity, hegemonic masculinity (and its failure or rejection) were further key elements, evident in the over-lexicalisation and gendered usage of the stay-at-home, slacker, Cuthbert, or knut (and the targeted semantic shifts that these and other words reveal). The shift to conscription, and the stigmatization of those who chose not to fight, presents, as Clark records, still other conflicted forms.

Mother's Perspective About Using the Gadget Safeness for Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-320
Author(s):  
Colti Sistiarani ◽  
Bambang Hariyadi ◽  
Saudin Yuniarno ◽  
Endo Dardjito
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Parental Mediation ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Children's Media ◽  
At Home

The rapid development of technology makes it easier for mothers to provide stimulation related to growth and development using gadgets. However, parental knowledge is needed about the safe limits of using a gadget in early childhood. This study aims to determine the perspective and behavior of mothers about the use of gadgets in toddlers. The method used is quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach. The participants of this study were thirty-one mothers who have early childhood and who are empowering family welfare. The inclusion criteria were mothers who agreed to be respondents, the exclusion criteria for mothers who did not have gadgets. This study uses a questionnaire measurement instrument for data collection. Data analysis was performed univariate and bivariate using the chi-square test. The results of the study concluded that the mother's knowledge regarding the safety of using a gadget was still lacking, with a value of around 54.8%, while the mother's behavior related to the same thing was better, which was around 58.1%. The relationship test shows that there is a strong enough relationship between maternal knowledge and maternal behavior in introducing or using gadgets in toddlers.  Keywords: Early Childhood, Mother Perspective, Gadget Safeness  References Appel, M. (2012). Are heavy users of computer games and social media more computer literate? Computers and Education, 59(4), 1339–1349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.06.004 Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Prentice-Hall. Cingel, D. P., & Krcmar, M. (2013). Predicting Media Use in Very Young Children: The Role of Demographics and Parent Attitudes. Communication Studies, 64(4), 374–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2013.770408 Connell, S. L., Lauricella, A. R., & Wartella, E. (2015). 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We Can No Longer Keep Silent

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-98
Author(s):  
Zachery A. Fry
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Civic Virtue ◽  
Home Front ◽  
Junior Officers ◽  
Political Stance ◽  
Army Of The Potomac ◽  
At Home

This chapter details the army's collective proclamation of political sentiment in early 1863. Following the disaster at Fredericksburg and general frustration during the "emancipation winter," a growing number of anti-war Copperheads on the home front convinced junior officers to mobilize the army for political action. In a series of several dozen political resolutions adopted by regiments throughout the Army of the Potomac, the officers and men in the ranks proclaimed themselves in the nation's press to be the arbiters of loyalty and guardians of civic virtue. In the process, they endorsed the Lincoln administration and broadly supported its efforts to weaken the Confederacy through conscription, emancipation, and "hard war." This campaign elicited a backlash from Democratic men at home and in the ranks, but the publication of such a vehement political stance from the army throughout Northern newspapers drowned them out.

‘The domestic handoff’: stay-at-home fathers’ time-use in female breadwinner families

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth A. Latshaw ◽  
Stephanie I. Hale
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
At Home

Determinants of weekly raw milk use by at-home meal preparers in the USA: evidence from the 2014–2016 American Time Use Survey – Eating and Health Module

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
M. Taylor Rhodes ◽  
Fred Kuchler
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
At Home

Abstract Objective: The number of states in the USA that allows sales of raw milk for human consumption has been trending upwards and reached thirty-eight in 2016. These legislative changes could encourage raw milk consumption. The current study examined the determinants of weekly raw milk use by at-home meal preparers in the USA. Design: Using the 2014–2016 American Time Use Survey – Eating and Health Module, multivariate logit regressions and average marginal associations were estimated to examine how at-home meal preparer characteristics, time use and shopping choices, underlying health and the presence of at-risk individuals in households and raw milk legalisation status are associated with the probability an at-home meal preparer consumed or served raw milk during an average week. Setting: USA. Participants: At-home meal preparers aged 18 years and above. Results: Estimated average marginal associations suggested younger at-home meal preparers, male at-home meal preparers, larger sized households and households located in non-metropolitan areas were more likely to use raw milk during an average week. Married households and households with a person aged 62 years or above were less likely to use raw milk. Variables indicating health characteristics of at-home meal preparers or the presence of an at-risk individual in the household were not statistically significant. Conclusions: There are many government-sponsored information resources about the risks of raw milk currently available. Additional education may be needed to prevent illnesses from raw milk.

scholarly journals Associations between maternal employment and time spent in nutrition-related behaviours among German children and mothers

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1256-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke Möser ◽  
Susan E Chen ◽  
Stephanie B Jilcott ◽  
Rodolfo M Nayga
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Employed Mothers ◽  
German Children ◽  
Time Eating ◽  
At Home

AbstractObjectiveTo examine associations between maternal employment and time spent engaging in nutrition-related behaviours among mothers and children using a nationally representative sample of households in West and East Germany.DesignA cross-sectional analysis was performed using time-use data for a sample of mother–child dyads. Associations between maternal employment and time spent in nutrition-related activities such as eating at home, eating away from home and food preparation were estimated using a double-hurdle model.SettingGerman Time Budget Survey 2001/02.SubjectsThe overall sample included 1071 households with a child between 10 and 17 years of age. The time-use data were collected for a 3 d period of observation (two weekdays and one weekend day).ResultsMaternal employment was associated with the time children spent on nutrition-related behaviours. In households with employed mothers, children spent more time eating alone at home and less time eating meals with their mothers. Moreover, employed mothers spent less time on meal preparation compared with non-employed mothers. There were regional differences in time spent on nutrition-related behaviours, such that East German children were more likely to eat at home alone than West German children.ConclusionsMaternal employment was associated with less time spent eating with children and preparing food, which may be related to the increasing childhood obesity rates in Germany. Future national surveys that collect both time-use data and health outcomes could yield further insight into mechanisms by which maternal time use might be associated with health outcomes among children.

War

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Saylor
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
Home Front ◽  
World War ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World ◽  
At Home

Pastoral music was one of the most important methods by which composers engaged with the horrors of the First World War, both at home and abroad. This chapter is divided into three sections, each focusing on pairs of composers who experienced the war in different ways: those who were unable to serve but engaged with the conflict at the home front; those who died in combat, and whose musical legacies have taken markedly different forms; and veterans whose memories catalyzed a new and distinctively modern expression of the pastoral in the decade after the war.

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