Analyze the differences between the childrearing practices of middle-class and working-class parents.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Working-class parents practice the “accomplishment of natural growth,” which entails independent play and ample leisure time because they have limited resources to provide much else for children.
2. Middle-class parents practice “concerted cultivation.” This is characterized by highly structured leisure time (e.g., sports, activities, music, etc.) and, in turn, the acquisition of valuable life skills and familiarity navigating bureaucracies. Additional resources work in the children’s favor as they navigate schools, workplaces, and other organizations later in life.
3. Concerted cultivation is considered the “ideal” way to raise children in the larger culture, but is more easily practiced with more financial resources.
4. Skills acquired via concerted cultivation help to reproduce social class inequality in society.
Learning Objective: 6.4.4 Explain the relationship between class cultures, childrearing practices, and the transmission of inequality from one generation to the next.
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