Not Under My Roof Analysis

Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, this paper reports a study of cultural variations in parenting of mothers and fathers in two-parent families. Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American parents were assessed in terms of parenting attitudes, parenting behaviors, and parenting

Parenting techniques are different around the world, which is strongly related to how culture has a direct impact on families (Nelson, Nelson, Hart, Yang, & Jin, 2016). For example, East Asian parents try to teach values of honesty, honour, and individualism to their children; meanwhile, Western parents are more likely to endorse a collectivist approach to life, with characteristics like unselfishness, obedience, and respect (Park, Coello, & Lau, 2016). The ways that a Canadian child and Japanese child grow up are very different. Cultures significantly influence both parents’ perceptions and their parenting behaviors.

The movie Parenthood cover’s many of the topics we have discussed this semester in class. But it obviously focused very strongly on parenting and marriage. During the course of the movie we see the four Buckman children’s very different style of parenting. Although all four were raised by the same parents the culture of their individual families are all look very different. Gil Buckman felt abandoned and ignored by his father and therefore responded, with his wife Karen, by being a very active and attentive parent. Gil and Karen are on the authoritative end of the parenting spectrum, and their families’ culture revolves around activities such as baseball games, Kevin’s baseball game, Birthday parties, school plays and basically having fun together (Lecture, 4/22). On the opposite end of the parenting spectrum are Nathan and Susan. They are very authoritarian and reminded me of the “tiger Mom’s” of China. The culture of their family means that they don’t have their daughter in preschool, they are waiting a prescribed amount of time to have a second child and Nathan is continuously drilling facts into their daughter. Susan feels like she should be playing with children her own age but Nathan’s feelings have taken over their family’s culture.

In Reading #20 “Sex, Love and Autonomy in the Teenage Sleepover” authored by Amy T. Schalet, the question is asked whether you, as a parent, would allow your teen to have a sleepover with their boyfriend or girlfriend, and how does gender fall into the equation. In the article, Schalet informs us about teens and their sexual behaviors through various statistics and graphs. In her findings she compares The United States with The Netherlands and how these different cultures view this topic. While the majority of American parents oppose a sleepover, Dutch teenagers who have steady relationships are allowed to spend the night with their boyfriends or girlfriends in their rooms. It would seem that parents and kids, according to Schalet, experience sex, gender and relationships very differently in the two countries.

A parent’s parenting styles are as diverse as the world we live in today. Nowadays, parents only want what is best for their children and their parenting styles plays a crucial role in the development of children which will in the long run, not only effect the child’s childhood years, but later prolong into their adult life as well.

With over three hundred million Americans and over six billion people worldwide parenting skills are essential to maintain a healthy society. Parenting involves many aspects and requires many skills. It is a time to nurture, instruct, and correct to develop fundamental skills children will need to be mature, responsible, and contributing adults to a society. There are four commonly identified parenting styles; authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved parenting. Of the four parenting styles, two remain on opposite ends of the parenting spectrum. These two styles; authoritarian, and permissive both have deleterious results that are often visible throughout different developmental stages, such as rebellious behavior. As well

Growing up outside of the United States, I lived a different childhood than someone who had. In order to learn about the differences, I chose American childhood as the culture I researched. My view of Americans was based completely on what I watched on television. Therefore, my views were very stereotyped. For my interview, I chose my roommate, Danielle, who grew up in New Jersey and attended public school her entire life. As a child progresses, changes in stages are marked by biological and cultural changes. These changes are related to traditions, objects and performance, and followed by roles, behaviors and expectations (Baxter 163). For instance when a teen turns sixteen in New Jersey it is customary for them to get their license, and celebrate

Parenting style can be diverse from country to country, but even across country they can be surprisingly similar. As Being from Greece I would like to compare the American parenting style to the Greek parenting style. An interview of my roommate was conducted which showed that her parents were never strict with her and she never had a curfew. Her parents let her make her own decisions. This is how things work in my family as well. My parents let me make my own decisions and take responsibility for any consequences. Apart from that she argued that in her family the mother is in charge of the house and the children’s care whereas the father is less involved. So things are not as different between our families. On the contrary they are rather similar. However, whether parenting styles are pretty much the same it is also very important how a specific parenting behavior takes place. If it takes place under harsh and non-friendly conditions then the child will never know how to act in a good way around people and it will never have the manners that its parents would wanted it to.

Parenting is different for everyone, but is any one way really better than the other? Amy Chua, a professor at Yale University, believes that the strict parenting style of Chinese mothers is the way to go. She believes that her strict and often harsh parenting style contributed to the success of her daughters. Chinese parents believe that if their children are successful, it is a reflection of the parents. Hanna Rosin, a contributing editor for the Atlantic, has very different views from Ms. Chua about the correct parenting style. Ms. Rosin believes that the more relaxed, nurturing, and self-led style of Western parenting is the better way to raise children. She believes that placing your children under immense pressure can produce

The similarities are that he was photographing chaos and innocent people losing their lives. The difference was that this time unlike other times this was happening here, in our own back yard, something that us Americans are not used to seeing. Unlike most other countries, the United States has never fallen victim to any major bombardments (Other than Pearl Harbor) that have devastated major cities like those during major world conflicts like the great war and WW2. So to us been under attack in in our own back yard was shocking as James described it, and as he said it “we were now part of the world in a way we have never been before.” During times of war and crisis situations everyone should play their assigned roles, unless there is a need

Parenting a child from infant to the adult stage is a full-time responsibility that every parent takes on. The type of style used to socialize their children to conform adequately to the expected standards of conduct to function successfully in their society is the option that is decided by each parent. Since there are different ways of parenting a child, it is the parent’s responsibility to ensure that the child’s behavior is sufficient to live in society let alone act compliant in it as well. It is interesting to observe the different methods that a variety of parents demonstrate in order to make sure that the children of that society will be considered ‘acceptable’ by the environment itself and of course by the parenting

I found it very interesting how parents in other countries raise their children and how they do that varies. In Raging Hormones, two types of parents were interviewed with many of the same attributes such as they were all white, all lived near a city, were educated, and had a child around the age of 16. The only difference was that some of the parents were American and some of the parents were Dutch. With so many similarities I found it interesting how more liberal and accepting the Dutch parents were when it came to raising their children and the sexual activity than their American counterparts. For the most part, the American parents were much more prudish when it came to their child's sexual activity and much more controlling over their children's lives.

The belief that the family structure and parenting practices have morally declined can be traced back to the early 1940’s in America. In an interview with C. Moran, LCSW-C (personal communication, April 8, 2004), she described a time where families lived very close to, if not on the same street as their extended family. Aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents would all participate in the raising of the children, “it takes a village to raise a child” (C Moran, April 8, 2004). In some cases, the grandparents would teach the parents how to parent. As time moved on into the “freeness” of the 1960’s and 1970’s, parenting became more passive. Children at a young age were allowed to make decisions that ten years ago would have been made by their parents. The belief was to allow the child to make their own mistakes and they would receive the repercussions from society. As a result, more freedom of choice would be given to the child. Now, with the children of the sixties and seventies having offspring of their own, the “millennial generation”, and extended families spread out globally, active and involved parenting is becoming a thing of the past.

For as long as humans have existed, there has been the practice of two members of the human species coming together to raise their offspring. This practice is commonly known as parenting and over the course of the millenniums several styles or, ways of parenting have emerged from different cultures. The focus of this paper will be over two distinct styles of parenting: Chinese-style parenting and Western-style parenting. These two styles can be compared to the parenting style described by Psychologist Diana Baumrind; equating Chinese-style to Authoritarian parenting and Western-style to Authoritative parenting. With Chinese-style being shown as similar to a dictatorship and Western-style being shown as more of a democracy. As a result, Chinese parents believe Western-style is weaker, for focusing on a child’s emotional and mental well-being and allowing children to be independent and respected, but it can also be said these are Western parenting strongest points.

Parenting styles are the strategies that parents use to raise their children. Moreover, these styles are strictly correlated with a child’s mental, physical, social and emotional development. Again, “the parenting styles refer to the manner in which parents raise their children”, explains ADLER University (1998). Every parent have their own ways of raising their children but, some parents raise their children according to their traditions or religions. Consequently, the strategies used by parents can affect a child’s well-being, either positively or negatively. Therefore, styles of parenting play a very important role in the life of a child. Again, styles of parenting correlates with the kind of relationship a parent