The first question I will go over is how each interviewee defined family. My oldest interviewee RR was the only one to state that family is determined by blood relation. My other two interviewees, JJ and AA, stated in addition to a blood relationship family can also be created through legal adoptions or friendships that have established trust. One area my interviewees agreed …show more content…
All of my interviewees recognized that gender still plays a role in parenting. AA recognize the least amount of parent’s willingness to change or be flexible in terms of gender roles for their children. She is a nanny. From her job experience she noticed the generally the fathers with male children expect their sons to play with male toys and may even teach them as infants or toddlers to not express emotions when they get hurt. RR and JJ, the oldest and youngest interviewees, started that in our current society parents are more willing to be open to gender, but it could be better. This is consistent with the text. Our society is increasing the amount of gender openness through media. Although the first impressions of gender we receive are given by the parents. Through the toys, clothing and gender roles the parents take on themselves. It will take more change and adaptation for our society to let gender play less of a role in …show more content…
They all stated couples who divorce tend to rush into marriage before they knew each other and find out they are not compatible. AA and JJ mentioned this may be influenced by a lack of communication skills. AA also added that a lack of communication can lead to a lack of trust. My interviewee’s also left out some information that the text went over. For instance, influences from race or ethnicity of the couple that increase the risk for divorce (Cherlin, 2013). Additionally, my interviewee’s believed that cohabitation can help lower divorce rates due to allowing couples to get to know each other before they decide to get married. However, the text has shown research suggest cohabitating couples have an increased risk of divorce when compared to married couples who did not cohabitate (Cherlin,