Description of Methods I interviewed my grandmother, Dorothy C. Faircloth, who is 80 years old. I conducted the interview at our house in Statesboro with my grandmother and I present for the interview.
Presentation of Information Dorothy C. Faircloth was born on April 25, 1936, in Swainsboro, GA. She lived with her mother, father, two sisters, and one brother. Her family lived in Emanuel County—Twin City, GA, where her father was a landowner and farmer, and her mother was a housewife who did chores, cooked, and took care of the children. According to my grandmother, in her family, “Parents were the parents.” The kids knew they were the kids, and they did as they were told. Her parents were much stricter than parents today seem to …show more content…
The similarities I noticed were that many families still farm for a living and their children are expected to help out with chores on the farm. Many families also still enjoy dressing up and going to church together. I would have to say that the differences I noted were that in most families, the women do work outside the home. Family meals together seem to be less of the norm and more of the exception as kids today go from one activity to another. Lives today seem to be much busier, which makes the focus of family seem to be less about each other and more centered on activities. Today’s culture does not value homemakers and does not see raising children as an achievement. It did surprise to hear that my grandmother did not think she had any achievements in her lifetime simply because she was “only” a homemaker. I do believe that my family is pretty similar to many other American families. My grandmother conformed to the conventions of her time by working in the home and raising her children. Here in the South, many families were raised just like she was—farming, helping with chores, and making enough to get by. I don’t believe any hardships she’s faced, or I’ve faced for that matter, are very different from anything others in our generations have not faced as
Presentation of Information Dorothy C. Faircloth was born on April 25, 1936, in Swainsboro, GA. She lived with her mother, father, two sisters, and one brother. Her family lived in Emanuel County—Twin City, GA, where her father was a landowner and farmer, and her mother was a housewife who did chores, cooked, and took care of the children. According to my grandmother, in her family, “Parents were the parents.” The kids knew they were the kids, and they did as they were told. Her parents were much stricter than parents today seem to …show more content…
The similarities I noticed were that many families still farm for a living and their children are expected to help out with chores on the farm. Many families also still enjoy dressing up and going to church together. I would have to say that the differences I noted were that in most families, the women do work outside the home. Family meals together seem to be less of the norm and more of the exception as kids today go from one activity to another. Lives today seem to be much busier, which makes the focus of family seem to be less about each other and more centered on activities. Today’s culture does not value homemakers and does not see raising children as an achievement. It did surprise to hear that my grandmother did not think she had any achievements in her lifetime simply because she was “only” a homemaker. I do believe that my family is pretty similar to many other American families. My grandmother conformed to the conventions of her time by working in the home and raising her children. Here in the South, many families were raised just like she was—farming, helping with chores, and making enough to get by. I don’t believe any hardships she’s faced, or I’ve faced for that matter, are very different from anything others in our generations have not faced as