David And Faith Family Structure In The Home Analysis

Faith and her older children Isaiah and Anthony are Hispanic. Faith was born in the United State of America and her parents migrated from Mexico; therefore, she grew up in a home with a Hispanic culture. David is African American who also was born in the United Stated of America and his parents migrated from Jamaica. The family comes from a low socioeconomic background and their religion is catholic. The family attends church every Sunday and has family dinner together after church.
In regard to cultural values, David and Faith both believe that a man role should be to take care of his family financially. The women should take care of the household chores and the children. When it comes to raising and disciplining the children David and Faith have different opinion and values. David is a retired veteran and believes in structure in the home. David feels that the children should be responsible for household chores, do as he say and do not question him, and believe in physical discipline because this is how he was raised. …show more content…
The parent’s different approach in parenting often causes conflict within their relationship. David feels that Faith is allowing the children to disrespect him. Faith feels that David should not discipline her children because he is not their biological father and she does not believe in physical discipline. According to Cartwright “problems around discipline are often at the center of stepfamily dysfunction and can result in conflict between parents and children. Researchers and clinicians tend to agree that stepparents’ attempts to take on a disciplinary role trigger resistance in children and are associated with adjustment difficulties and negative child outcomes” (Cartwright, 2010, p.