Question

Compare and contrast the traditional roles of mothers and fathers in caring for their children in Western culture.
What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of these roles?
Would you change the parenting roles to improve the child's chances for healthy development? If so, how?

Answer 1

Compare and contrast the traditional roles of mothers and fathers in caring for their children in Western culture.

Comparisons:

1. Both mother and father sacrifices their time, interests, works for the children.

2.Both mother and father always try to give their best to the children.

3.Both helps children in socialization process by teaching society rules, regulations etc.

4.Both makes a path to children for their better future.

CONTRAST:

1. Mother feeds food to children, father earns food for children.

2.Mother teaches feeding, toilet training etc., Father teaches social rules, ethics, morals etc.,

3.Mother take care about children health and Father take care about education, money requirements etc.,

What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of these roles?

Advantages:

1. This roles helping perfect function of the family.

2.Children will receive all their needs in time.

3.Children loves both of them because both fulfilling their needs.

Disadvantages:

1.Women were confident only to the chores in the house.

2.Father can't fulfill house chores of children if mother is absent. In the case of girls father is helpless.

Would you change the parenting roles to improve the child's chances for healthy development? If so, how?

I want to change these roles dividing process. Because nowadays both mother and father doing jobs. In this case both of them should learn that how to feed, bath etc.,