SOC 411 Quiz: 411 ESSAY 2
Document Summary
Bahr and her team (1994) found many differences in grandparenting amongst anglo americans and apache culture. Anglo americans have assumed that their cultural norms for the family are the right way of living and that they are superior to other cultures whose norms differ. For the apaches and other minority groups, there cultural norms for the family have been viewed as deficient, disorganized, and immoral. The reading defines the standards that apply to grandparenting portrayed by anglo americans and the apaches. According to the anglo-american culture, parents will launch their children out into the real world and obtain an empty nest where they consider their days of parenting as over and are able to pursue their own desires and interests. Once their kids are out of the house, anglo. Americans believe that they are freed from the commitments of the child-rearing years, and expect to obtain a certain level of economic security, while still healthy.
