Differences between Mothers and Fathers in Teaching Style and Child-Rearing Practices

Abstract

Parent-child interaction was recorded while 32 mothers and 32 fathers taught their children to play a simple game in a naturalistic environment. Steward and Steward's (1973, 1974) Parent Interaction Code was used to quantify the parent-child behaviors and analyses showed that mothers differed from fathers on several dimensions involving teaching style. Such differences were also found for the child-rearing practices of the parents.

Compliance and self-assertion: Young children's responses to mothers versus fathers.

“…This prediction derives from a literature in sociolinguistics showing that females use more indirect and polite verbal forms of requests than males across a variety of settings (e.g., Crosby & Nyquist, 1977;Haas, 1979;Thome & Henley, 1975). Previous research comparing mother and father verbalizations has shown this as well (e.g., Barton & Ericksen, 1981;Bright & Stockdale, 1984;Masur & Gleason, 1980;McLaughlin, White, McDevitt, & Raskin, 1983;Stewart, Mobley, Van Tuyl, & Salvador, 1987), with fathers more likely to use commands and repetitions and mothers more likely to use nondirective forms such as questions and suggestions. Given these differences in mother and father assertiveness and directiveness, children were expected to show greater compliance to their fathers than to their mothers (Lytton & Zwirner, 1975;Schneider-Rosen & Wenz-Gross, 1990).…”

The Relationship between Parental Physical Affection and Child Physical Aggression among Japanese Preschoolers

“…Generally, mothers' and fathers' interaction patterns with their children are different; mothers typically take care of children during their daily routine (i.e. dressing, eating, and bathing) as well as play with them, whereas fathers' interactions with their children occur mostly in play situations (Barton & Ericksen, 1981;Tulananda & Roopnarine, 2001). Therefore, examining not only mothers' physical affection but also that of fathers would be very important.…”

Crianza contemporánea: Significados y comprensiones desde la voz de las familias

“…El tema de la infancia por lo anterior, y por otros motivos relacionados tanto con el desarrollo humano como con particularidades de las formas de convivencia, relaciones familiares y formas de vinculación afectiva, entre otras, ha sido objeto de interés de disciplinas como la psicología, la sociología, trabajo social, educación, y medicina, por mencionar algunas, y las inclinaciones de los investigadores han sido igualmente diversas, algunos centrados en estilos educativos parentales (Baumrind, 1966;McCoby y Martin, 1983;Hoffman, 1970), creencias (Vergara, 2002), prácticas de crianza (Barton y Ericksen, 1981), afectividad; autonomía y adolescencia (Boykin y Allen, 2000), paternidad/competencias parentales (Sallés y Ger, 2011;Barudy, 2013;Barudy y Dantagnana, 2010.…”