I am looking for your opinion even though I think its an obvious yes, how is the key word in this question please leave me a detailed answer the longer the better.
Tags: Changed, Child, Father, Mother, Parenting, Rasing, Role
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July 13th, 2010 at 4:36 PM
When my grandparents were born they were considered the “property” of their father. We have been rinsing this concept out of our hair for generations now. It is less acceptable to beat children as a punishment than it once was. The media has such a huge influence that didn’t exist in the past and the power of parents over their children is diminished by it. Fathers were traditionally the providers and mothers were homemakers. Today most mothers work and some fathers help with housework. Different options are presented to children by these new examples of family life. Many fathers and/or mothers are not present for their children, and more children than ever before have a step parent and/or siblings, or a single parent, or a variety of other family arrangements that were uncommon in the recent past. Parents who are interested in parenthood try to cope with these changes, but there is always a percentage of parents that don’t put much thought into it or alter their lifestyle because of it. Alas.
July 13th, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Compared to when? Compared to the 50′s & beyond, immensely. Compared to the 70′s, a lot – divorce rates started to escalate and you started seeing more “single family households”. Nowadays I think both the mother and the father have to play both roles because children being raised in a two-parent home are the exception rather than the rule, as sad as it is.