Question

1) cultures around the world tend to give mothers and fathers different roles in parenting. Describe the different socializing strategies that mothers and fathers use in raising their children.

2) List for characteristics that are generally associated with the first born child. Discuss what accounts for these differences.

3) should parents staying unhappy or conflicted in a marriage for the sake of their children?

Answer 1

1. The world started with its journey as a maternal society but slowly changed into fraternal society. When men became the bread winners of the society, an unwritten rule was brought to the society that women will be the subordinates of men. This practice was in the society and still in some cultures but in the developed countries, more gender equality is achieved.

Fathers are always strict in terms of raising their children as they feel that their children should grow strong. They set more expectations in terms of character and skills. They also discipline their children with harsh punishments if needed. They do not express their love to their children when they become adolescents but keep it within themselves. Mothers on the other hand show more love, very forgiving, more supportive and at the same time very possessive. Mothers show their love explicitly and expect their children to return that love and this affects the children when they grow up and find their life partners.

2) First born children are given additional care and love in all the societies. They are considered as the continuation of the family. All the attention is focused on the first child and more affection is poured. The child has two options in this scenario, it may either grow as a spoiled one or as a confident one.

3) Children are the ones that are affected by the divorce or separation of the parents. The fact is that children who grow up in a family where both the parents are present and live in harmony are the happy ones. Two parents together make-up a child and they should try to overcome their differences in bringing up the child together because they both jointly created the child.

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