Essays about: "grandparents"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the word grandparents.

  1. 11. Intergenerational child care & fertility intentions : The Swedish welfare context

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Pashalidis; [2015]
    Keywords : fertility intentions; intergenerational child care; work-life balance; family policy; welfare context;

    Abstract : Using the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) and ordered logistic regression, the relation of intergenerational child care and short-term fertility intentions is explored in the gender-egalitarian Swedish family policy context. Overall, receiving child care help from parents or grandparents does not seem to influence whether women or men with one or two children plan to have another child. READ MORE

  3. 12. I’m OK”: Levels of Communication and Trauma Recovery in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Mihaela Shlomo Gross; [2014]
    Keywords : Jonathan Safran Foer; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; trauma; trauma theory; 9 11; coping; recovery; “acting out”; “working through”;

    Abstract : Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close stands out from the nationalistic-toned American “9/11 novels”. It depicts the story of a young boy and his grandparents who are left with the aftermath of losing a loved one in the attack on the twin towers. READ MORE

  4. 13. The importance of parents' social support and economic capital for their preschool-aged children with obesity

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för forskning om ojämlikhet i hälsa (CHESS)

    Author : Louise Lindberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Children; education; income; obesity; parents; socioeconomic status; social support; gender differences; BMI SDS;

    Abstract : Introduction: While the influence of parental behavior and economic status on children’s weight status is well-known, little is known about the impact of specific family-related aspects such as parental and grandparental social support. This study investigates the importance of parental and grandparental social support and economic capital for children’s weight status in a clinical sample of preschoolers with obesity. READ MORE

  5. 14. The use of endogenous retroviruses as markers to describe the genetic relationships among some local Swedish sheep breeds

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Robert Mukiibi; [2014]
    Keywords : Indigenous Swedish breeds; enJSRV; primitive; endogenous; polymorphism; proviruses;

    Abstract : The present modern sheep is believed to have evolved from its wild ancestors 2.5 million years ago. Furthermore archeological evidence suggest that sheep has been domesticated by man since 8500-9000 years BC for their beneficial products to man including; milk, meat, skin and wool. READ MORE

  6. 15. From food scarcity to obese children the rapid transformation of health and food consumption in Spain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Camilla Hoff-Jörgensen; [2013]
    Keywords : Social anthropology; Spain; parents; food; lifestyle; child obesity; modernization; body symbol; psych-somatic; interpretation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Spain has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world in 2012. This study asks, why, through studying, which food environment some Spanish parents create for their children. It studies the historical perspective of resources of food and the image of body and health this interpretatively has generated. READ MORE