Abstract
The sociological topic that I find interesting is child-rearing practices. Why child-rearing practices? It is interesting to look at how members of the different social classes are raising their children, what values and norms are being passed on to the children and also, how child-rearing practices differs in each class. Most if not all aspects of child-rearing is sociological as you see how children in different social classes are socialized and the roles the parents play in socialization. It is known that children are socialized differently and in accordance with the social class of his or hers parents. The aim while doing this assignment was look at the different factors that influenced this. Findings suggest that upper and upper-middle …show more content…
Aggressive femininity as defined by Friedman means to be “taught to be physically and competitively forceful, actively subsuming aspects of their femininity”. She expressed in her article the importance sports play in the lives of the upper-middle class children. This is so as parents see it as a channel through which their daughters will learn to be competitive and aggressive which are two of the many qualities they develop through playing aggressive sports such as soccer. These qualities the parents believe will make their daughters better leaders and as such prepares them for jobs such as CEO’s in predominantly male occupations. This article is relevant to my topic because it identifies an aspect of child-rearing in which the upper-middle class differs from those of other classes. The article helps you better understand the reasons upper-middle class girls play aggressive sports such as soccer as it is the parents beliefs that the qualities their daughters develop from participating in these sports are qualities that makes them better suited for the work place in jobs that requires one to be aggressive and competitive which they don’t think dancing and other feminine sports will give their …show more content…
The children were tested when they reached 3 years old and later again at 4 years old. At each stage, the children were given a task in which the mothers helped and a friend drew items with a drawing toy. Two measures of child theory of mind and four measures of cooperation was examined. This article is relevant to the topic because it looks at the children’s behavior in relation to the mother’s behavior which would indicate the social class they belonged to and also child-rearing patterns through behavior. While the article does not points out child-rearing practices in the upper-middle class it however, examined the behaviors of the child in relation to that of its mother. Even though this article was not the perfect article for the topic, it did make some interesting points such as “typically, researchers argue that other-oriented induction leads to compliance because it helps children develop autonomous strategies for controlling their own behavior”. These strategies while they were autonomous are also influenced by the children observing the parents
The sociological topic that I find interesting is child-rearing practices. Why child-rearing practices? It is interesting to look at how members of the different social classes are raising their children, what values and norms are being passed on to the children and also, how child-rearing practices differs in each class. Most if not all aspects of child-rearing is sociological as you see how children in different social classes are socialized and the roles the parents play in socialization. It is known that children are socialized differently and in accordance with the social class of his or hers parents. The aim while doing this assignment was look at the different factors that influenced this. Findings suggest that upper and upper-middle …show more content…
Aggressive femininity as defined by Friedman means to be “taught to be physically and competitively forceful, actively subsuming aspects of their femininity”. She expressed in her article the importance sports play in the lives of the upper-middle class children. This is so as parents see it as a channel through which their daughters will learn to be competitive and aggressive which are two of the many qualities they develop through playing aggressive sports such as soccer. These qualities the parents believe will make their daughters better leaders and as such prepares them for jobs such as CEO’s in predominantly male occupations. This article is relevant to my topic because it identifies an aspect of child-rearing in which the upper-middle class differs from those of other classes. The article helps you better understand the reasons upper-middle class girls play aggressive sports such as soccer as it is the parents beliefs that the qualities their daughters develop from participating in these sports are qualities that makes them better suited for the work place in jobs that requires one to be aggressive and competitive which they don’t think dancing and other feminine sports will give their …show more content…
The children were tested when they reached 3 years old and later again at 4 years old. At each stage, the children were given a task in which the mothers helped and a friend drew items with a drawing toy. Two measures of child theory of mind and four measures of cooperation was examined. This article is relevant to the topic because it looks at the children’s behavior in relation to the mother’s behavior which would indicate the social class they belonged to and also child-rearing patterns through behavior. While the article does not points out child-rearing practices in the upper-middle class it however, examined the behaviors of the child in relation to that of its mother. Even though this article was not the perfect article for the topic, it did make some interesting points such as “typically, researchers argue that other-oriented induction leads to compliance because it helps children develop autonomous strategies for controlling their own behavior”. These strategies while they were autonomous are also influenced by the children observing the parents