Impact Of Changing Attitudes To Parenting And Roles On Family Life

Question 1

List the ways changing attitudes to parenting and roles impact family life today.
(7)

Answer 1

Men staying at home

Democratic decision making

Egalitarian

Equal say in discipline

Role Conflict

Role Overload

Both parents may work outside the home

Question 2

What impact does men staying at home have on family life?

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Answer 2

In some households men are staying at home to mind their children, as women are the breadwinners

This enables children to create closer relationships with fathers than in previous decades

Question 3

Why are some men staying at home?

Answer 3

To mind children as women are the breadwinners

Question 4

Some men are staying at home to mind children, what affect does this have on children?

Answer 4

This enables children to create closer relationships with fathers than in previous decades

Question 5

What impact does democratic decision making have on family life?
(2)

Answer 5

More democracy is evident between parents when decision making, with men no longer being the sole decision makers

Children have also been given a greater say in family matters

Question 6

What position have men lost due to democratic decision making?

Answer 6

Men are no longer being the sole decision makers

Question 7

What position have children gained due to democratic decision making?

Answer 7

Children have been given a greater say in family matters

Question 8

What impact does an egalitarian approach have on family life?
(2)

Answer 8

As both parents take a more egalitarian approach to childcare and household tasks, children are exposed to gender equality from a young age

This makes children aware that everyone is equal and can fulfil the same roles, regardless of gender

Question 9

Parents now take an egalitarian approach to what tasks?

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Answer 9

Childcare

Household tasks

Question 10

What are children exposed to now that parents take an egalitarian approach to tasks?

Answer 10

Children are exposed to gender equality from a young age

Question 11

What affect does it have on children that they were exposed to gender equality from a young age?

Answer 11

This makes children aware that everyone is equal and can fulfil the same roles, regardless of gender

Question 12

What impact does parents having equal say in discipline have on family life?
(4)

Answer 12

Each parent now has an equal say in the provision of discipline

This generally takes the form of consequences

In some families discipline can be too lenient

This lack of parental control can increase social problems, e.g. alcohol abuse, among children, as they have more freedom than is advisable

Question 13

What do parents now have an equal say in?

Answer 13

The provision of discipline

Question 14

What form does discipline usually take in families today?

Answer 14

This generally takes the form of consequences

Question 15

What may be wrong with some families form of discipline?

Answer 15

In some families discipline can be too lenient

Question 16

What can a lack of parental control on children cause?

Answer 16

This lack of parental control can increase social problems, e.g. alcohol abuse, among children, as they have more freedom than is advisable

Question 17

Give an example of a social problem in children if there is a lack of parental control.

Answer 17

Alcohol abuse

Question 18

How may alcohol abuse arise amongst children if there is a lack of parental control?

Answer 18

It may arise as children have more freedom than is advisable

Question 19

What impact does Role Conflict have on family life?

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Answer 19

As many families are now dual-income households they can experience role conflict

This occurs when the expectation of one role clashes with another, e.g. a parent who has to work but their child is ill

This can cause parents to experience feelings of guilt

Question 20

Why may families experience role conflict?

Answer 20

As many families are dual-income

Question 21

When does role conflict occur?

Answer 21

This occurs when the expectation of one role clashes with another, e.g. a parent who has to work but their child is ill

Question 22

Give an example of role conflict.

Answer 22

A parent who has to work but their child is ill

Question 23

What can role conflict cause in parents?

Answer 23

This can cause parents to experience feelings of guilt

Question 24

What impact does role overload have on family life?

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Answer 24

When parents attempt to play several roles at one time, role overload can occur

Women, in particular, may struggle to find the balance between their careers and their responsibilities at home

This can cause feelings of guilt if work duties begin to interfere with their role as a parent

Question 25

What may occur when parents attempt to play several roles at one time?

Answer 25

Role overload can occur

Question 26

When may role overload occur?

Answer 26

When parents attempt to play several roles at one time

Question 27

Who in particular may be affected by role overload?

Answer 27

Women

Question 28

When may women struggle with role overload?

Answer 28

Women may struggle to find the balance between their careers and their responsibilities at home

Question 29

What may role overload cause?

Answer 29

This may cause feelings of guilt

Question 30

When may feelings of guilt be caused by role overload?

Answer 30

If work duties begin to interfere with their role as a parent

Question 31

What impact does both parents working outside the home have on family life?

Answer 31

As both parents in some households are working outside the home, children must spend more time in childcare, reducing the amount of child-parent bonding that occurs in families

Question 32

Why must children spend more time in childcare today?

Answer 32

As both parents in most households are working

Question 33

What affect does being put into childcare have on children?

Answer 33

This reduces the amount of child-parent bonding that occurs in families