UNEQUAL CHILDHOOD
A lot of studies have been done on family origin, class or status in society and life economic wellbeing, but no studies throw more light on the processes through which inequality is represented or portrayed like Annette Lareau 's Unequal Childhood. Essentially, the process of sorting as individuals is by economic, social and cultural class, which begins at childhood and never really ends. We may be oblivious that we are pushing the process along, but in fact, we are doing literally that.
Thesis Statement for this paper, “Social class matters. People in families of the middle class tend to have different up bring than that of the working class and the poor families. These distinction influence the association of children" in many ways. Alexander Williams as described in the book is active and inquisitive, who is from a middle class, also he use reasoning when using vocabulary. Alexander Williams learned to articulate his view, …show more content…
After reading the book on “Unequal Childhood, I believe that race does not have the same impact on a family as social class does. If membership in a particular racial or ethnic group causally shapes a person’s intellectual trajectory and my view is No. The observational research performs by Annette Lareau, ha a goal and that goal was to understand how social class impacts children’s lives. The main question asked in the book Unequal Childhood is; “Is there a social class distinction in how children are raised?” Yes being the answer. Families in upper middle class children are treated quite differently by their parents compared to poor or working class children who usually are by their selves. Annette Lareau appropriately say that, as children growing up in spite of where you came from, you are exposed to or parents basically practice, one of two types of child rearing or raising, the accomplishment of natural growth or concerted
A lot of studies have been done on family origin, class or status in society and life economic wellbeing, but no studies throw more light on the processes through which inequality is represented or portrayed like Annette Lareau 's Unequal Childhood. Essentially, the process of sorting as individuals is by economic, social and cultural class, which begins at childhood and never really ends. We may be oblivious that we are pushing the process along, but in fact, we are doing literally that.
Thesis Statement for this paper, “Social class matters. People in families of the middle class tend to have different up bring than that of the working class and the poor families. These distinction influence the association of children" in many ways. Alexander Williams as described in the book is active and inquisitive, who is from a middle class, also he use reasoning when using vocabulary. Alexander Williams learned to articulate his view, …show more content…
After reading the book on “Unequal Childhood, I believe that race does not have the same impact on a family as social class does. If membership in a particular racial or ethnic group causally shapes a person’s intellectual trajectory and my view is No. The observational research performs by Annette Lareau, ha a goal and that goal was to understand how social class impacts children’s lives. The main question asked in the book Unequal Childhood is; “Is there a social class distinction in how children are raised?” Yes being the answer. Families in upper middle class children are treated quite differently by their parents compared to poor or working class children who usually are by their selves. Annette Lareau appropriately say that, as children growing up in spite of where you came from, you are exposed to or parents basically practice, one of two types of child rearing or raising, the accomplishment of natural growth or concerted