Concerted cultivation

Families can vary greatly in regards to socioeconomic status. For example, a family can be considered part of the upper class. Upper class families covers only 3 percent of the four class model. Families in this class have prestige and are generally known as the elite in their communities. They own elaborate cars and houses and are capable of buying anything expensive. They also have generational wealth, meaning they can pass their money for generations to come. Needless to say, money is not an…

In an ideal society, access to education would be portrayed as a top priority. All individuals with the desire to further pursue their education would have the necessary resources to do so. Unfortunately, this is not how societies ideals have been structured. Instead, the younger generation associates education as an unnecessary expense. This ideal fluctuates the vision set by sociologists like Marx/Engels, and Durkheim to achieve a good society, and limits upward mobility. According to Durkheim…

INTRODUCTION Education is one of the best ways to improve your financial situation and rise from poverty. Through education, you learn necessary skills for going the workforce and becoming successful in the modern world. As well, you get the opportunity to expand your mind and explore ideas and concepts different from your own. People go to school to gain a job to make money to live a good life. We all grow up with the ideas of The American Dream, the idea that anything’s possible if you work…

Born August 8, 1945 in Batesville Mississippi, Mary Smith was the second child born to her parents. Along with her parents, older sister and younger brother, their family lived with her father’s family on a farm. When she turned 3 and it was almost time to begin school, her mother informed her father that they were moving to town, with or without him. Despite promising to live with his mother, their father packed up and moved them to town where they were closer to schools and their family owned…

In many in-stances, the image of the saint portrays a great revolutionary from the civil unrest, sinful life and conflicted society into a more concerted spiritual existence. In fact, the Catholic predominantly used the image to portray official reasons for the church to adopt the need to embrace change and revolution The author asserts that “She intercedes on behalf of humans before God and Christ…

Despite the “generation gap” and the strain on family relations this may cause, Chinese families manage this gap through the cultural and social structures in which they are embedded. Zhou explains how Chinese children continue to perform within their parent’s expectations as a result of their “involvement in the Chinese ethnic community” (2011: 479). The fact that many Chinese immigrant families live in cities and suburbs with a large concentration of Chinese individuals allows these ethnic…

For those like myself who grew up in a middle class home, parents usually chose to cultivate their children in a concerted fashion. “Organized activities, established and controlled by mothers and fathers, dominate the lives of middle-class children… By making sure their children have these experiences, middle-class parents engage in a process of concerted cultivation.” (Lareau 2) For as long as I can remember, my parents regulated every single part of my life. I played soccer, lacrosse,…

The subject I decided to write about is depression among African Americans and how it has become a huge concern yet it is still stigmatized in the black community. Mental health is not restricted to one particular race, ethnicity, socio-economic background but cultural background and historical history can cause depression to be expressed and deal with differently especially among both black males and females. Depression is vastly misunderstood in the black community and often confused as…

and the need to work together to achieve a common goal in areas such as university labs. These skills are not inherited, but result largely from adult intervention. Parents from middle and upper-class families are found to participate in “…concerted cultivation, consciously developing children’s use of language, reasoning skills, and negotiation abilities” (Neuman). In contrast, parents from low income families let their children develop in a more independent and natural manner. Understandably,…

Putnam attempts to show the growing class divide that shows in the parenting style of different families from Atlanta, Georgia and Detroit, Michigan. One upper class, family whose parenting style is defined as concerted cultivation (118). Meaning, their parenting style attempts to “foster their children’s cognitive, social, and cultural skills, and, in turn, to further their children’s success in life,” and relies heavily on “monitoring, encouragement, reasoning, and…