Browsing by Author "Rannisto, Riina"

The everyday life of the families with children has changed a lot within past decades. Busy lifestyle, uncertainty of employment, financial problems, loneliness and lack of support add challenges to the everyday life. Some of the parents experience the routines and coping with everyday life overwhelming. Everyday life of the families is very complex and it requires complex household skills. The Martha Organization has been supporting families with children several years and is aiming to advance the wellbeing of homes and families for example with Supporting the everyday life of the families with children- program, which includes lectures, courses and home visits. The work aims to support the everyday life of the families by house-hold counseling. The purpose of this study is to examine The Martha Organization's Supporting the everyday life of the families with children-plan and its influence on the everyday life of the families by analyzing customer feedback collected and to give ideas on improving the plan. In addition the aim is to examine how the different dimensions of everyday life and household skills emerge from the customer feedback. The study is a qualitative research. The material is the customer feedback collected by The Martha Organization in years 2015 and 2016. The used analyzing method was content analysis through classification. The results of the study indicate that the people who participated in the Supporting the every-day life of the families-plan were very satisfied with the work of the The Martha Organization. Especially The food adventure begins! -courses and counseling home visits were experi-enced useful for improving the everyday life by the families. The participants felt that the courses and the home visits affected most the eating habits by reinforcing one's trust to one's capabilities and helping the flow of the everyday life in a practical level. The participants' man-agement of the everyday life seemed to reach the competent level, which could bee seen in the purpose of their activities and in the aim to enhance the wellbeing and quality of the everyday life of the whole household. Practical everyday skills and information seeking and processing skills stood out in the household skills area.