Household chores: Under what conditions do mothers lean on daughters?

Crouter, Ann C.; Head, Melissa R.; Bumpus, Matthew F.; McHale, Susan M.

doi:10.1002/cd.29

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“…Their experiences fit with findings from the general population (Bonke, 2010;Crouter et al, 2001;Edwards et al, 2006) in that women generally said that their brothers had been privileged by being given fewer housework tasks and that their parents frequently justified this by appeal to gender differences (although several of the men reported that they had done housework as children). Reynolds (2005) found similar ideologies for African Caribbeans in the UK coexisting with 'non-traditional' gender practices, where mothers were employed outside the home and/or were predominantly responsible for home and childcare.…”

Section: Predefined Categorical Gender Narrativessupporting

confidence: 73%

Challenging gender practices: Intersectional narratives of sibling relations and parent–child engagements in transnational serial migration

Phoenix

Bauer

2012

European Journal of Women's Studies

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This article aims to contribute to the currently sparse literature on transnational families and gender. It focuses on the retrospective accounts of Caribbean-born adults who as children were serial migrants, joining their parents in the UK following a period of separation. It considers aspects of their relationships with their siblings and with their mothers and fathers. The article illuminates what the serial migrants viewed as contradictory everyday practices that produced 'non-shared environments'. It discusses three ways in which transnationalism appeared to be a central part of the serial migrants' family lives. First, it was embodied. Second, it was lived as cultural difference between Caribbean-born and UK-born siblings. Third, it was reported to be evident in parental practices. The article illustrates the importance of viewing gendered narratives in a psychosocial intersectional perspective.Since 1990, when Glick Schiller and Fouron (1990) first linked the term 'transnational' with 'family matters' (Skrbis, 2008), there has been a steady increase in publications on 'multi-sited'

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Section: Predefined Categorical Gender Narrativessupporting

confidence: 73%

Challenging gender practices: Intersectional narratives of sibling relations and parent–child engagements in transnational serial migration

Phoenix

Bauer

2012

European Journal of Women's Studies

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“…When families experience financial difficulties, sons are treated more favorably than daughters, at least in European American families (Eccles and Hoffman 1984). Similarly, when European American mothers experience a high level of work stress, demands for assistance with housework increases for girls but not boys (Crouter et al 2001). Consequently, the daily activities seen in families with few resources may be especially gendered due to greater need for parents to include children in household responsibilities.…”

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confidence: 98%

African American, White and Latino Fathers’ Activities with their Sons and Daughters in Early Childhood

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We examined the activities that low-income, ethnically diverse fathers of sons versus daughters engage in with their children in the preschool years. African American, Latino, and White fathers (N = 426) from research sites across the United States, were interviewed about their caregiving, play, literacy, and visiting activities when their children were 2 years, 3 years, and preschool age. Fathers of boys engaged more frequently in physical play than fathers of girls, whereas fathers of girls engaged more frequently in literacy activities. Moreover, gendered patterns of father engagement were already evident at the 2-year assessment, suggesting that fathers channel their children toward gender-typed activities well before their children have a clear understanding of gender roles. Ethnic differences were also found in fathers' activities with children, and child gender moderated ethnic patterns of behavior. For example, Black fathers of sons reported the highest levels of engagement in caregiving, play and visiting activities, and both Latino and African American fathers of sons engaged in more visiting activities compared to White fathers of sons. Fathers' education and marital status were also associated with fathers' activities. Married fathers and those with a high school diploma more frequently engaged in literacy activities than unmarried fathers without a diploma; moreover, although Latino fathers engaged less in caregiving activities than African American and White fathers, this difference attenuated after controlling for differences in fathers' education. The activities children share with their fathers vary by child gender, race/ethnicity, and family circumstances and offer insight into early gendered experiences in the family.

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“…Fifthly, exploring within‐family dynamics along gender lines in different family subsystems, and particularly between parents and children, could provide new insights into the origins of social justice (Crouter, Head, Bumpus, & McHale, 2001; Nussbaum, 1999; Okin, 1989; Schuette & Killen, in press; Sinno & Killen, 2009; Turiel, 2002). Researchers should continue to examine the content of parents' (both mothers' and fathers') communications to their children about social roles based on gender, and how their messages reflect their own division of labor and family care within the family.…”

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

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Future Directions: Social Development in the Context of Social Justice

Killen

Smetana

2010

Social Development

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Many societies and cultures have become increasingly diverse and heterogeneous over the past decade. This diversity has a direct bearing on social justice in children's and adolescents' social development. Increased diversity can have positive consequences, such as the possibility for increased empathy, tolerance, perspective taking, and the celebration of various cultural traditions and values, but it can also result in increased prejudice, bias, and discrimination. In this article, we suggest that incorporating a focus on social justice can transform the field of social development. This can be done by considering the larger societal context of diversity or heterogeneity when investigating children's peer interactions, attitudes, group identity, and social experience. In addition, new findings that incorporate social justice concerns have implications for designing interventions to enhance children's healthy social development. We highlight and discuss recent areas of research that bear on this perspective and discuss avenues for future research and investigation.

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Household chores: Under what conditions do mothers lean on daughters?

Cited by 33 publications

References 15 publications

Challenging gender practices: Intersectional narratives of sibling relations and parent–child engagements in transnational serial migration

Challenging gender practices: Intersectional narratives of sibling relations and parent–child engagements in transnational serial migration

African American, White and Latino Fathers’ Activities with their Sons and Daughters in Early Childhood

Future Directions: Social Development in the Context of Social Justice

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