Posting about one’s children and family has become a routine practice for mothers on social media. The task of presenting oneself as “good” mother is subject to the trouble competing requirements around motherhood (e.g., neoliberal intensive mothering, feminine relationality) well ideals which are unrealistic many. These troubles further complicated by sharenting discourses in parental posting ...

Si Bolang has aired in Trans7 since 2006 and achieved various awards as a kids-friendly show. However, this show never showed girl its main character limited the appearance of women or girls. The contents become discourse representation producer. This research reviewed women's by elaborating on screen's symbolic annihilation girls women. used Norman Fairclough's critical analysis method to anal...

The challenges of balancing multiple roles motherhood and learning greatly impact student mothers’ academic success. Having obligations on top their responsibilities make undergraduate mothers unique. This uniqueness affects ability to compete academically with others. study used the role conflict theory adopted a mixed-method research design. It stratified simple random sampling technique. res...

Autoethnography is a qualitative research approach whereby the researcher shares personal stories that relate to the broader cultural context. Living through breast cancer showed me how reflective journaling and meditation can help one to cope with locally advanced breast cancer. The purpose of this autoethnography is to assist nurses in gaining a greater understanding of the primary cultural i...

Despite the intense level of attention directed towards obesity, there has been limited success in addressing the rising rates of this public health phenomenon. This paper argues that current approaches to obesity fail to consider concepts of embodiment, and in particular, that gendered and class-based experiences of embodiment are ignored in health promotion practices and policies. Drawing on ...

This study aimed to explore the experiences of other mothers in de novo or planned lesbian-led families in Australia to elaborate on one theme: legitimizing our families. Little is known or understood about how lesbians construct mothering within their families. Even less is understood about the experiences of the often marginalized and invisible other mother; that is, the non-birth mother in l...

Although sex-role stereotyping in children’s books is a consistent focus of research, the study of the gender role stereotyping of parenting in children’s media is less common, despite a developing academic interest in the changing social meanings of fathering and mothering in contemporary societies. Previous analysis, though scarce, has suggested that fathers are under-represented in general a...

AIM The purpose of this study was to describe qualitatively the experience of parenting for mothers of a child with Down syndrome and to explore what if any was the role of spirituality and organized religion in this experience. METHOD A homogenous sample of eight mothers of children between 7 and 12 years of age with Down syndrome was recruited through a population-based source of families o...