Desiree Baio
Professor Busquet
Enc 1101
October 11,2015
In modern psychology and recent studies the gap between the roles of mothers and fathers has not changed much. Mothers and fathers can be differentiated through their practices of parenting styles, as well as the amount of attention and nurturing they provide for their children.
At the start of an infants life, the father is the more distant and disconnected parent. A stranger to the infant, he is like an outsider, until he introduces himself throughout the infants life by building trust and spending quality time with the child. He must learn and earn his way into attachment with his child. Mothers and fathers are also different in that their parenting styles can be easily differentiated. Typically, the parenting style of a father is that of an authoritarian. A father will set rules and will expect his children to follow these rules without question. Consequently, this leads them to execute a more strict form of discipline, requiring the intervening of a more warm and passive figure. In the event of a teenager for example who wants to go to a party the father will …show more content…
Their nurturing behavior will sometimes cause them to be to light handed with their children. For example a mother who lets her child constantly get a way with breaking rules will usually not enforce those rules requiring a
more strict and stern figure ( typically the father). Caring for the child from the womb throughout the infancy mothers form closer emotional attachments than fathers do. At the beginning of an infant's life, the mother is the more sacrificial and connected parent. Why not? She bears, she births, she even breastfeeds the child, in the process creating a mutual sense of attachment and obligation that is deep and intimate. A father can form a bond with his child but is not heavily involved in the intimate processes such as breastfeeding and skin to skin
Professor Busquet
Enc 1101
October 11,2015
In modern psychology and recent studies the gap between the roles of mothers and fathers has not changed much. Mothers and fathers can be differentiated through their practices of parenting styles, as well as the amount of attention and nurturing they provide for their children.
At the start of an infants life, the father is the more distant and disconnected parent. A stranger to the infant, he is like an outsider, until he introduces himself throughout the infants life by building trust and spending quality time with the child. He must learn and earn his way into attachment with his child. Mothers and fathers are also different in that their parenting styles can be easily differentiated. Typically, the parenting style of a father is that of an authoritarian. A father will set rules and will expect his children to follow these rules without question. Consequently, this leads them to execute a more strict form of discipline, requiring the intervening of a more warm and passive figure. In the event of a teenager for example who wants to go to a party the father will …show more content…
Their nurturing behavior will sometimes cause them to be to light handed with their children. For example a mother who lets her child constantly get a way with breaking rules will usually not enforce those rules requiring a
more strict and stern figure ( typically the father). Caring for the child from the womb throughout the infancy mothers form closer emotional attachments than fathers do. At the beginning of an infant's life, the mother is the more sacrificial and connected parent. Why not? She bears, she births, she even breastfeeds the child, in the process creating a mutual sense of attachment and obligation that is deep and intimate. A father can form a bond with his child but is not heavily involved in the intimate processes such as breastfeeding and skin to skin