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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau
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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau 5/11/2008 12:11 AM EST Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau Has anybody read this book...I haven't yet but it looks very interesting. I read some on line and it looks to be comparible to the differences in our own community.
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Re: Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau 5/12/2008 2:50 PM EST { In reply to sailor_mom } Sounds interesting. I haven't read it, though.
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Re: Re: Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau 5/12/2008 5:49 PM EST { In reply to ecossia } I think I am going to order it or see if I can find it in a library. A couple of things struck me such as the difference in how the children of different class settings embrace (or not) entitlement and adults and outlook on life, somehting they call concerted cultivation. Such as Middle class children questioning adults and viewing them as their equals while blue collar and poor families basically draw a line and create a separation between children and adults. They use the example of middle class children growing up and being taught to look people in the eye with a firm handshake where the other end of the spectrum would be that the children learn that looking someone in the eye (too long) could be dangerous. What I found most interesting is that the studies showed that most schools and learning structures promote the concerted cultivation which has to leave a huge gap in expectations and understanding for children that are brought up in blue collar to poor families (or even one that crosses the lines of class). It could be perceived that learning (as an institution) is out of touch with what is inevitably the culture that the children have been raised in. Ok, I am going to have to get a copy of the book.
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