Gendered, Childhood, and Family Life

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A 4 page paper, APA Style format, Intext citations must be used to indicate from where all sources are derived and a reference list must be provided, The use of proper grammar, paragraphing and other writing skills must be evident. The text book must be one of the sources used. A minimum of 6 sources are required. Only academic articles, books, and authoritative websites (ex. .gov websites) are allowed. The New York Times News Papers may also be used. You must apply at least one theory discussed in the text book to your paper.

The Sociology Of Gender. Second Edition. Amy S. Wharton (Book)

There are several theories on this topic one is the relative amount of time women and men devote to household work or you could write about in the degree to which men and women specialize in different types of household work.You can even decide which other theories you can include in the research paper.

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Gendered, Childhood, and Family Life
Thesis statement: The first lessons about gender are offered to the children by their parents. In
some instances, some parents encourage and model certain behaviors in their sons and daughter,
which shapes the kind of life and the kind of roles that a child takes in the future. the following
paper is a discussion on: •

An introduction to the sociology of gender



Various aspects that shape gender development in boys and girls.



Theories of gender development
o Psychoanalytic Theories
o Social-Learning Theory
o Cognitive-Developmental theory
o Gender-Schema Theory



Conclusion



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Running Head: GENDERED, CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY LIFE

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When a baby is born, the first question that the parents ask is whether the child is a boy or
a girl. During the childhood year, children, both boys, and girls spend most of their time with
their families and they look up to their parents and their elder siblings to provide them with
guidance on various issues. The first lessons about gender are offered to the children by their
parents (Wharton, 2012). In some instances, some parents encourage and model certain
behaviors in their sons and daughter, which shapes the kind of life and the kind of roles that a
child takes in the future. However, not only do parents influence the behaviors of their children,
the children also influence their parents’ behaviors.
There are gender-typed expectations that occur on children and some are based on
personality traits. For instance, boys are always taken to be aggressive while girls are taken to be
very good at reading. There are also various r...


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