My Parents And Their Responsibilities

In my home my mum is both mum and dad. She takes care of as much as she can. She dose some things such as: cooking, cleaning, and others. She can’t do much much anymore so I do most the work around the house.

The book Do Parents Matter? written by Judith Rich Harris discuss the topic of nature versus nurture when raising a child. Her books discuss how parents do not influence the child’s personality and how there are many different ways a child personality is created.

My concept of gender roles are very different from my parents. To compare; my father believes that a women should stay home but if the father couldn’t provide then the women should work. While this view isn’t completely negative, it is a very

As a child and most of my adolescent years, both of my parents were my primary care takers. My mother worked in an industrial society where the labor union was present, making air craft engines for Rolls Royce. My father has always drove some kind of truck, whether it be a semi or a dump truck. My mom usually worked long hours and most of the time seven days a week so my dad was home with us from the time we got out of school until bed time.

Mary first decided to get her associates degree in early child development at a slow pace, which was 16 years ago. She then got a position at Fresno City College part time and also another position as a teacher’s aide at another school working with preschool children, working 19 hours a week for a little over a year. She had gotten a full time position at

In 2017, the roles are much different. Both parents, most of the time, both have jobs. The majority of parents nowadays also share the responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children. Most children today also split the roles of cleaning, and helping out their parents.

Within a household, women and men, mothers and fathers, have different roles and responsibilities, much of which are based on the person’s gender. Typically, women or mothers are “responsible for the emotional, social, and physical well-being of her family” (Lober 80), “most of the hands-on family work” (Lorber 81), and keep up of the house. The men or fathers are usually seen as the “bread winners” of the family. Due to this and the work they do outside of the house, men usually have little to no responsibilities to the family and within the home. It is not unusual for women to clean the house, make sure the children are well taken care of, and cook while the man, or father, is at work. When he gets back home, after work, it is expected for him to relax and unwind. Although they are a couple with similar obligations, the divide of them is not equally distributed among the two and offer either one different results.

In a structured family each person has their own role in order for the family as a whole to function properly. The wife is often referred to as the “Angel in the house”. Her designated role is to be the nurturer. A good mother is expected to contribute her whole life to her family. Mothers are expected to be the glue that holds a family together. It is their responsibility to provide the loving care and support needed for raising children, making her husband feel loved, and taking care of household chores and preparing daily meals. In the household the father also has a fundamental role. They play “the breadwinner”, their position in the marriage/ family is to care for the needs of their family by providing shelter, food, and safety. Neither the wife nor husband is

With the passing of my mother, I no longer reflect on , defining gender roles within my family anymore. My father role was now the financial provider and homemaker. He took me to school every day, made sure I had dinner each night and when I needed

One of the many changes facing American families is the changing role that family members play within their household. For example, mothers are more frequently working outside of their home, as well as doing household duties. As this may seem like an added responsibility, many benefits arise. Families may be able to afford a bigger home possibly in a safer community. Fathers are becoming more flexible in their gender roles and step up more in the lives of their children. Over time, this flexibility in gender roles opens the door to a better and more diverse family structure.

I hardly recall any arguments at home regarding the gender role confusion. It was kind of already structured and understood. My mother being an ideal home maker never really complained about the amount of house work she had to do. Brought up in a traditional relationship family, I feel I would be most comfortable with a transitional relationship. I would be contributing towards the household income, however I would be the one taking charge of the household and the parenting tasks with my partner helping out. When women spent more time outside of household, they feel guilty; the feeling of guilt I believe holds women back from breaking out of the nutshell. The culturally defined gender role within household is embedded in more than a feeling of obligation.

My views were first developed by the influence of my parents. The blinders that were placed on my eyes allowed me to see only a little of what reality really was. I remember asking questions and being reprimanded. As I grew older and was determined to see what was going on in society for myself. I became very aware of the world around me. My parent’s views changed as well, exposing me to a more diverse world to observe and ask about. Choosing Human Services (HS) for my degree completion as opposed to psychology was done one week before the class began, and has helped me put in understand better what social welfare entails.

To complete this assignment, I interviewed my father and my boyfriends mother. After speaking to them both, I realized I got two completely different answers. This may be because they are the opposite sex. My father works full time for Apple and my boyfriends mother, Trisha, works about 10 hours a week.

For instance, mom is not the sole nurturer in the home, as previously thought. The importance of father roles as well as two-parent homes has shown to be just as important as having

     The central theme of this essay is empowerment and the roles that parents, schools and professionals take on in the quest for the best educational decisions for those children with disabilities and those children that are gifted and talented. It is important to understand the historical development of family-professional relationships to fully comprehend the significance how far we’ve come and how far we still need to go.