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Published in final edited form as: Merrill Palmer Q (Wayne State Univ Press). 2009 Oct 1;55(4):488–515. doi: 10.1353/mpq.0.0031

Table 1.

Narrative Themes

Narrative Themes	Number of Narratives
Children’s day
School day—academics	25
School day—social	22
Nonschool activities	48
Parent’s day
Workday—work issues	7
Workday—social	3
Nonwork activities	30
Parent-child social interactions	20
Family knowledge, stories, history	17
Food	16
Animals	12
Injuries, illnesses, doctor visits	9
Vacations	9
Outside/other	8
Total	226