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Monika Anand ¹, Rashmi Kapoor ¹

Affiliations
1 Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, Punjab, IN

Abstract

The modern industrial world has seen a dramatic increase in the number of employed women. The adaptive changes that follow have brought about modifications in the child rearing practices of today's women. In the midst of the eternal rat race to combine work and home, we are actually sacrificing the most important gift we could give our children, i.e. the time truly spent with them. The present study, thus aims to focus on the impact of maternal employment and the amount of quality time spent with the child on the socio emotional development of the preschool children. A questionnaire and an interview schedule were used to assess the amount of quality time spent by themother with the child. Correlation method was used to find the relation of the amount of quality time and the socio emotional competence of the preschool children. Results suggest that the two parameters are positively correlated. The length of the working hours did not relate significantly to the amount of quality time spent by the mother. The results agam emphasize that the most important thing that oneneeds to do for nurturing one's child is to spend quality time with him/her. The findings could be put to use by academicians, policy makers, educationists, social workers, administrators, researchers, theorists, teachers to evolve practices for enhancing the quality of child care and school environments provided to these children to nullify the negative outcomes of the maternal employment.

Keywords

Quality Time, Socio Emotional Development, Maternal Employment, Preschool Children.

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Tapasya Anand ¹, Rashmi Kapoor ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur-515001, Andhra Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Mushrooms have been valued throughout the world as both food and medicine for thousands of years. They are good source of high quality protein ranging from 20 to 35 per cent on dry weight basis. Much of the interest in food value of mushrooms has also been concerned with vitamins and minerals profile. The very concept of food is changing from past emphasis on health maintenance to the promising use of foods to promote better health benefits to prevent chronic illnesses. Attempts have been made in many parts of the world to explore the use of mushrooms and their metabolites for the treatment of variety of human ailments.

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L. Deepthi Nair ¹, Rashmi Kapoor ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur - 515 001, Andhra Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum), a leguminous herb, is cultivated extensively in India and is used for culinary and medicinal purposes and also for fodder. The hypoglycemic action of fenugreek has been investigated in experimental animals and in human beings. A significant decrease in fasting glucose level and a reduction in insulin response and urinary glucose excretion were evident in non-insulin diabetic patients following the consumption of fenugreek. Ground seeds of fenugreek offered to diabetic rats decrease the postprandial glucose levels. Hypoglycemic activity of fenugreek seeds and the defatted fraction of this herb in normal and diabetic dogs lower basal glucose plasma glucagon and stomatostatin levels.

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