Family leisure, opening a window on the meaning of family

Fun time, finite time: Temporal and emotional dimensions of grandtravel experiences

“…Reflecting the increasing complexity of family structures, conceptualisations of family have moved beyond ties of blood and marriage towards the 'doing' of family through shared practices, routines and activities (Morgan, 1996(Morgan, , 2013McCabe, 2015). 'Doing family' thus highlights the dynamic nature of family identity -how family is created, maintained and changed through practices.…”

“…Families holidaying together do not leave their everyday relationships, emotions and practices behind at home, although they may find fresh, more intense ways of interacting (Mikkelsen & Blichfeldt, 2018;Morgan 2013). Thus, as a subject of study, family holidays open a window on what it means to be a family (McCabe, 2015), 'the relation between tourism, thick sociality and domesticity' (Obrador-Pons, 2012) and connections between tourism, interpersonal relationships and wellbeing (Lehto, Choi, Lin, & MacDermid, 2009;McCabe, 2009;Morgan, Pritchard, & Sedgley, 2015;Smith & Diekmann, 2017). Although the tourism literature has explored intergenerational relationships on family holidays, it has generally focused on parents with children, neglecting other family members and configurations (Heimtun, 2019;McCabe, 2015).…”

The Intersection of ‘Outside’ Practices and Children’s Sedentary Behavior at Home

“…For instance, education is deeply connected to ideas of social capital and gain (Ball 2002), while the thrust on digitalization in schools is a furthering of this agenda, linked to ideas about economic competitiveness in the educational sector (Herold 2018;Player-Koro 2019). Similarly, time spent in organized activities and family holidays is connected to normativized understandings regarding raising children and 'doing' family (Shaw 2008;Backer and Schänzel 2013;Holloway and Pimlott-Wilson 2014;McCabe 2015;Vincent and Maxwell 2015;Vincent and Ball 2016).…”

Should we give military families a break? A call for research on military family holidays

“…Whilst to our knowledge there has been no published research on the impact of holidays on military family wellbeing, there are good reasons to suspect that this approach could add value to creating more resilient families, and by extension, improving the health of the military workforce. Evidence from wider bodies of research (for example in 'leisure and tourism studies') strongly support the therapeutic potential of holidays for boosting wellbeing in individuals and families [6][7][8][9] . Indeed, holidays are associated with enhanced wellbeing and life satisfaction 6,8 as well as improved social interaction, bonding and cohesiveness within families 6, 9-10 .…”

“…With holidays and vacations understood as a necessity in contemporary social life, non-participation could also be considered a form of social exclusion 10 . Researchers thereby advocate social tourism as a potential means of alleviating some of the harmful effects of social exclusion 9 . Holidays might therefore not be considered a frivolous pursuit, but a social necessity; an investment in the wellbeing and social fabric of society 10,[17][18] .…”