Following on from Making Sense of Motherhood (2005) and Making Sense of Fatherhood (2010), Tina Miller's book focuses on transitions to first-time parenthood and the unfolding experiences of managing caring and paid work in modern family lives. Returning to her original participants, it collects later episodes of their experience of 'doing' family life, and meticulously examines mothers' and fathers' accounts of negotiating intensified parenting responsibilities and work-place demands. It explores questions of why gender equality and equity are harder to manage within the home sphere when organising caring and associated responsibilities, re-addressing the concept of 'maternal gatekeeping' and offering insights into a new concept of 'paternal gatekeeping'. The findings presented will inform both scholarly work and policy on family lives, gender equality and work.

Have you ever heard someone exclaim, "BUT GOD " and then wonder what they meant? This devotional study will teach both seekers and believers the hidden treasures God wants you to uncover with this simple phrase. You will go on a comprehensive excursion through the Old Testament as you find out which patriarchs had "BUT GOD" moments and you will discover significant characteristics of Jesus, your Bridegroom. Learn how God implements His strategic plans and reveals the message of the Gospel within the BUT GOD verses. After reading this book, you will understand why the Bible repeats this life-altering phrase so often. This study encourages you to dive deeper into understanding God's thoughts, character, and promises as it mixes biblical texts with personal illustrations. Jesus desires a relationship with you, His Bride. It is now time to pursue knowing Him as much as He has pursued knowing you This is your time of engagement to your heavenly Bridegroom, so engage with Jesus on a new level. Every "BUT GOD" verse proves His love, mercy, and compassion. Use this devotional guide to learn all you can about Him. No one BUT GOD could use a phrase so small to lead you to revelations so monumental

Have you ever heard someone exclaim, "BUT GOD " and then wonder what they meant? This devotional study will teach both seekers and believers the hidden treasures God wants you to uncover with this simple phrase. You will go on a comprehensive excursion through the Old Testament as you find out which patriarchs had "BUT GOD" moments and you will discover significant characteristics of Jesus, your Bridegroom. Learn how God implements His strategic plans and reveals the message of the Gospel within the BUT GOD verses. After reading this book, you will understand why the Bible repeats this life-altering phrase so often. This study encourages you to dive deeper into understanding God's thoughts, character, and promises as it mixes biblical texts with personal illustrations. Jesus desires a relationship with you, His Bride. It is now time to pursue knowing Him as much as He has pursued knowing you This is your time of engagement to your heavenly Bridegroom, so engage with Jesus on a new level. Every "BUT GOD" verse proves His love, mercy, and compassion. Use this devotional guide to learn all you can about Him. No one BUT GOD could use a phrase so small to lead you to revelations so monumental

This fresh, confident second edition expands its focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of doing qualitative research in light of new ethical dilemmas facing researchers today. In a climate of significant social and technological change, researchers must respond to increased ethical regulation and scrutiny of research. New sources, types of data and modes of accessing participants are all challenging and reconfiguring traditional ideas of the research relationship. This engaging textbook explores key ethical dilemmas - including research boundaries, informed consent, participation, rapport and analysis - within the context of a rapidly changing research environment. The book effectively covers the ethical issues related to the data collection process, helping readers to address the ethical considerations relevant to their research. This fully updated new edition: - Maps the changing and increasingly technology-reliant aspects of research relationships and practices - Provides researchers with guidance through practical examples, enabling those engaged in qualitative research to question and navigate in ethical ways This book is essential reading for all those engaged in qualitative research across the social sciences.

As family and work demands become more complex, who is left holding the baby? Tina Miller explores men's experiences of fatherhood and provides unique insights into paternal caring, changing masculinities and men's relations to paid work. She focuses on the narratives of a group of men as they first anticipate and then experience fatherhood for the first time. Her original, longitudinal research contributes to contemporary theories of gender against a backdrop of societal and policy change. The men's journeys into fatherhood are both similar and varied, and they illuminate just how deeply gender permeates individual lives, everyday practices and societal assumptions around caring for young children. This book acts as a companion to Making Sense of Motherhood (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and, together, these innovative studies reveal how gendered practices around caring become enacted.

As family and work demands become more complex, who is left holding the baby? Tina Miller explores men's experiences of fatherhood and provides unique insights into paternal caring, changing masculinities and men's relations to paid work. She focuses on the narratives of a group of men as they first anticipate and then experience fatherhood for the first time. Her original, longitudinal research contributes to contemporary theories of gender against a backdrop of societal and policy change. The men's journeys into fatherhood are both similar and varied, and they illuminate just how deeply gender permeates individual lives, everyday practices and societal assumptions around caring for young children. This book acts as a companion to Making Sense of Motherhood (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and, together, these innovative studies reveal how gendered practices around caring become enacted.

Becoming a mother changes lives in many ways and this original and accessible 2005 book explores how women try to make sense of, and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. Tina Miller pays close attention to women's own accounts, over time, of their experiences of transition to motherhood and shows how myths of motherhood continue because women do not feel able to voice their early (often difficult) experiences of mothering. The book charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted, maintained and narrated. Drawing on original research and narrative theory, the book also explores the disjuncture that often exists between personal experience and public discourse and the cultural dimensions of expert knowledge.

Becoming a mother changes lives in many ways and this original and accessible 2005 book explores how women try to make sense of, and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. Tina Miller pays close attention to women's own accounts, over time, of their experiences of transition to motherhood and shows how myths of motherhood continue because women do not feel able to voice their early (often difficult) experiences of mothering. The book charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted, maintained and narrated. Drawing on original research and narrative theory, the book also explores the disjuncture that often exists between personal experience and public discourse and the cultural dimensions of expert knowledge.