Concerted cultivation

with more concern about their safety and don’t take into account their thoughts. “… They tell their children what to do rather than persuading them with reasoning.” In contrast, you may be the person that parent(s) raised them using the concerted cultivation technique. “Organized activities, established and controlled by mothers and fathers, dominate the lives of middle-class children…” (Lareau p. 153). You always have something to do and your life is pretty much structured.…

concerted cultivation has data beyond his own to back it up. Specifically, according to facts about children’s literacy gathered by America’s largest labor union, the National Education Association (NEA), data from the United States Department of Education, National…

“The Consequences of the Criminal Justice Pipeline and Latino Masculinity” is a research paper in which minority youth in Oakland, California are studied in order to determine the effect of heightened policing techniques on gendered practices. The author is able to make conclusions based on observations made while doing field research and interviews. Rios’ main argument is that the enhanced policing, surveillance, and punitive treatment of youth of color facilitate the development of gendered…

Dear Leonardo Dicaprio (or my friend Tyler), Throughout our relationship as a couple, I expect us to have a great connection and have mutual respect for each other. Before we marry, I would prefer us both to be graduated from college and have our career plans set out for us. Long-term cohabiting and LAT relationships, in my opinion, should not be an option for anyone, especially for me. I believe that if you love someone enough you should commit to them and if you have no future plans to do so…

Introduction In this new era of globalism, grievances that splinter society should not exist. Yet the United States, a highly developed democracy, still lacks the infrastructure its Nordic counterparts can afford. Countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, and Norway, rank among the most equal societies. This withstanding in these societies, women are not paid less than their male counterparts, access to support programs aids the urban populace, and the difference between the wealthiest and…

Who you are, what you know, and who you know can significantly can impact your education experience and how you interact with larger society. In Unequal Childhoods, Lareau explains how families social class and race lead to them having different parenting styles, which lead to the families having different interactions with other adults, siblings, educators, and medical officials. I agree with Lareau 's case about the parenting styles have an impact on how families and children interact with…

Economic, financial, social, cultural and political mechanisms all carry a responsibility for the growing inequality in Australia. This essay will describe these mechanisms and explain how they are related in the context of Australia since the 1970s. Stilwell and Jordan (2007) stress the importance of socio-economic mechanism and its ability to reinforce inequality. This means that the results of injustice often become the cause of injustice as well, forming a vicious cycle of inequality…

The first part of the article talks about a concept that Lareau calls “concerted cultivation”. This s a type of upbringing that allows parents to have a more structured environment for their children. These are the parents who have their whole children’s day organized, from after school sports to music lessons. This parenting style…

these free programs, a generation of lower and working class children with a different cultural value of education will rise. They will be able to understand the academic advantages that are intertwined in extracurriculars and employ the “concerted cultivation” mindset to the raising of their children, encouraging greater achievement which will in turn foster social mobility to a higher…

Family is such an important aspect to everyone’s lives, it is what shapes and develops you for the society that you are a part of. For this photographic essay, I decided to look at a family that I know well, the photos that I was able to gather from them help show their family and the uniqueness that they hold. The Kendall-Wright family is a biracial family of 4, who’s family has gone through many steps to identify who they are as a family. I have labeled and described the photos based on the…