SOCI 2043 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sociology Of The Family, Parenting Styles, John Bowlby

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2043
• Professor: Kathleen Moss

Document Summary

Lecture 6: families with young children & the middle years. Early 20th century, children should be seen and not heard , mothers: the ideology of intensive mothering. Bowlby emphasized the importance of a warm, loving, and responsive mother: expansion of educational material new brain science connections made at an early age, important to shield children from violence and anything that could harm their development. Research has countered this; neural connections are constantly made, should protect children but can still develop normally if exposed to something negative. Children very impressionable because neural: good mother/bad mother discourse. Social expectations revolving around what a mother should be, mothers are blamed for anything that goes wrong in the child"s life. Could be putting too much authority and control in the child. Maximum control, parents expect unquestioning obedience, emphasizes respect for authority, orders, children may feel rejected and powerless or like they cannot exert independence, punishment is most likely to be severe and physical.