SOC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nocturnal Enuresis, Double Burden

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2103
• Professor: kathleenmoss

Document Summary

When environmental stressors are involved, parents can become less responsive (eg. poverty, unemployment, single parent, marital conflict/divorce- more long term stressors) This can lead to a more authoritarian style or permissive style. Under stress, people parent differently: parent"s personalities. Stems from how the parents were raised, personality traits as well. If a child is being difficult/frustrated, the parent might use a harsher style. Although individuals may be predisposed to certain personalities, certain environments can stop this from coming out: adaptation to their children"s behaviour and personalities. Parenting affects child behaviour more than child affects parents, but can go both ways. When the nest won"t empty (on the final exam) Study done on when children never leave home. Between 2-4 years, a first childs orientation changes when another child is born. Children older than 4 are more cognitively competent, and can be more mature about having another child.