And the Socialization of the young children
Parental Ethno – theories are cultural modules that parents hold regarding children, families, and themselves as parents. The term "cultural model," drawn from cognitive anthropology,
Indicate an organized set of ideas that are shared by members of a cultural group (D'Andrade &
Strauss, 1992; Quinn & Holland, 1987). Parents used to have set of ideas and understanding about the nature of children, the structure of development and meaning of behavior that develop in a certain place and time in context of life. Parents from different cultural groups and subgroups shares these ideas and understandings to large extend but to some extend their ideas and understandings vary also. …show more content…
This was seen as inevitable and "the right thing to do." As children moved away from breast milk, the mothers expressed the "stress" of feeding meals to the child. All mothers believed that their children did not eat enough. They felt that this was easier, less time consuming and ensured that a certain amount of food was consumed by the child. The need to regulate what children ate, when and where and with who was expressed by the mothers to varying extents. Along with food and eating the domain of behavior elicited the expression of a high degree of control. In the account of the mothers' socially proper behavior and conduct was under great examination. That the behavior of children needs to be regulated and that children learn from what they see around them were the dominant beliefs in this domain. Mothers believed that the behavior of the child must be person and context sensitive with different expectations of conduct for older persons as compared to younger ones. Mothers were viewed by all as the key figures for behavior regulation. Some mothers clearly articulated that the involvement of too many people caused confusion for the child and should be avoided. The role of fathers and grandparents in behavior regulation was reported to be secondary to that of the mother, with fathers often being viewed as ineffective, last resort performers in this domain because of their marginal participation …show more content…
This parental behavior can leave totally opposite impact on child also. From in personal experience, I had a school friend whose father was addict to alcohol and beat his mother in his childhood. His father died when he was in 10th . He was unhappy to lose his father but happy because he thought from now his father won’t be there to beat his mother. He saw his father as a bad and irresponsible husband and he had decided that he will not become like his father ever and will be a responsible and caring son and also