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Parenting Practices Over Generations
Beth Boardley
Argosy University
Parenting practices vary from culture to culture as well as from one generation to the next. Each family as well as each individual have different views and practices on parenting. Through the generations in my family, a middle-class white family from Iowa, parenting practices on education, punishment, marriage, and sleeping arrangements have all evolved. Some remain similar and others are different based on each generation’s views and experiences.
When it comes to education my family’s generations have evolved greatly. In the 1950’s when my grandparents were growing up education was not considered one of the main important things in life. Most males did not even graduate high school. They were expected to help out financially and help to support the growing families. My grandmother nor my grandfather completed high school or college and getting a good education was expensive and the funding that we have today was not available then.
With the next generation, my mother’s generation, education was viewed as more important. Cohort effects, the effects of certain time periods, historical events, or common life experiences that bond a group of people together, were beginning around this time. The education reform was starting and an emphasis on education was pushed by society. It was expected that they would graduate high school. The importance of education was beginning to come into notice but there was still the need to help out around home. Funding for college was starting to come into effect but it was still expensive and most lower to middle class families couldn’t afford it. All of my mother’s siblings graduated high school but none attended college.
For myself and my generation, education has been pounded into my head. Education first above all else was a saying in my household. The importance of education in succeeding in life and obtaining good job to support yourself
Beth Boardley
Argosy University
Parenting practices vary from culture to culture as well as from one generation to the next. Each family as well as each individual have different views and practices on parenting. Through the generations in my family, a middle-class white family from Iowa, parenting practices on education, punishment, marriage, and sleeping arrangements have all evolved. Some remain similar and others are different based on each generation’s views and experiences.
When it comes to education my family’s generations have evolved greatly. In the 1950’s when my grandparents were growing up education was not considered one of the main important things in life. Most males did not even graduate high school. They were expected to help out financially and help to support the growing families. My grandmother nor my grandfather completed high school or college and getting a good education was expensive and the funding that we have today was not available then.
With the next generation, my mother’s generation, education was viewed as more important. Cohort effects, the effects of certain time periods, historical events, or common life experiences that bond a group of people together, were beginning around this time. The education reform was starting and an emphasis on education was pushed by society. It was expected that they would graduate high school. The importance of education was beginning to come into notice but there was still the need to help out around home. Funding for college was starting to come into effect but it was still expensive and most lower to middle class families couldn’t afford it. All of my mother’s siblings graduated high school but none attended college.
For myself and my generation, education has been pounded into my head. Education first above all else was a saying in my household. The importance of education in succeeding in life and obtaining good job to support yourself