SOCI 1010 1nd Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last LectureI. The Big IdeaII. Changes in women’s labor force participationIII. Consequences – Families on the Fault Linea. Changes in housework – men v. women’s perspectiveb. Changes in housework – race & agec. Childcared. Impact of conflict on spouse relationshipse. How is it different for middle-income families?IV. One Solution -> Family Leavea. FMLAb. Sweden’s plan Outline of Current LectureI. Swenden’s Plan ContinuedII. Childrearinga. The Big Ideab. Overview & Argumenti. Concerted Cultivationii. Accomplishment of natural growthc. MethodologyCurrent LectureI. Sweden’s Plan Continueda. 18 month leave totalb. Can be divided between parents in a very flexible wayc. Paid leave – 80% of salaryII. Childrearinga. The Big Idea: Lareau uses detailed in-depth methods to examine the impact of social class on children’s family experiencesb. Overview & Argumenti. Trying to understand the invisible but powerful ways that parent’s social class effects a child’s life experiencesii. Social Class parenting styles children’s experienceiii. Two strategies:These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. Concerted cultivation- middle class parenting style, many extracurricular activities (baseball, basketball and orchestra) parents have conversations with kids, asking for opions (Language Use) Parents consciously trying to develop language, parents teach their kids to question and negotiate with others as well as with other adults, lots of institutional intervention – they have a sense of entitlement and assume that parents know best 2. Accomplishment of natural growth:a. Working class and poor parentsb. Few or no extracurricular activities c. Kids spend lots of time with family, cousins, kid-run time, free play and multi-aged. Language use = directives, adult tells kids what to do and kids are expected to do ite. Lareau is not necessarily saying this way is naturally better, but schools and institutions expect parents to parent this wayf. Not as much institutional intervention – believe that the experts know bestg. Creates a sense of constraintiv. This is not about who loves more or who wants best for their child more, it is about different understandings of what loving and parenting isc. Methodologyi. How was data collected?1. Observations and interviews2. First started observing classrooms, then did interviews with parents and teachers in a broader view – after this she asked subset of those she interviewed if she could observe in their homes3. Highlights home visits in particular4. Goes into 12 different families homes for her field work5. In-depth interviews, gaining great detail by spending lots of time with a smaller number of families (STRENGTH)6. Since this is a small group, it is not very representative of the entire population (WEAKNESS)ii. How was data collected?1. She collected 12 different families, as follows:a. Middle Class families: 1 white female, 1 white male, 1 black female, 1 black maleb. Working-Class families: 1 white female, 1 white male, 1 black female, 1 black malec. Poor families: 1 white female, 1 white male, 1 black female, 1 black male2. Got 9 of the families from the original school interviews, found theM.C. black families from private schools iii. Who participated in data collection? 1. Dr. Lareau and her student assistants (both undergrad and graduate
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