Unequal Childhoods - Annette Lareau [271]
in high school
in young adulthood: continuation
cost to parents
perception of benefits
See also Entitlement, sense of; Institutions; Language use; Organized activities; Time use
Constraint, sense of
development of
See also Accomplishment of natural growth
Creativity
displays of
parental indifference to
Cultural capital
activation does not always yield profits
defining features of
displays of
possession versus activation of
profits from
Cultural repertoires
class-basedn
emphasis on reasoning
emphasis on the development of the child
of readers
See also Institutions; Professional standards
Directives. See Language use
Discipline
impact on field worker
language
parent-child conflicts
physical threats or disciplining
Doonesbury cartoon
Economic resources
birthdays as a strain on
children’s feelings about
lack of: broken refrigerator
car runs intermittently
couldn’t take desired organized activities
impact of hiring a tutor
makes daily life tasks more difficult
no dental care
no health insurance
no phone
shortage of art supplies
shortage of sports equipment
shortages of food
space
strain of two dollars for a field trip
use of lay-away
presents, lack of
silence about
sufficient economic resources for: ample space
not an issue
talk about
See also Income; Organized activities: cost of
Entitlement, sense of
expectations of
lack of
parents’ sense of
training for
treating child’s opinions as important
Ethnography. See Fieldwork; Research methodology
Eye contact
don’t look in eye
look in eye
Families
descriptions of: Brindle
Driver
Greeley
Handlon
Irwin
Marshall
McAllister
Tallingers
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
marital status of
See also Fieldwork; Follow-up study; Income; Inequality; Kinship; Research methodology
Family structure. See Families: marital status of
Fieldwork
biography and field work
children’s experience with the study
emergent nature of
entering and exiting the field
family visits, character of
impact of visits on families
and race
role of the researcher
and personal obligations
similarity of field notes
stressful nature of
Follow-up study
description of families
Brindle
Driver
Greeley
Handlon
Irwin
Marshall
McAllister
Tallinger
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
families’ reactions to the book
advice
anger
surprise
Brindle
Drivern
Handlon
Marshall
McAllister
Tallinger
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
limits of
longitudinal ethnography
response rate
See also Research methodology
Gender division of labor for adults
parents: Handlon
Marshall
Tallinger
Williams
Yanelli
young adults
Gender roles for children
boys allowed further away from home
importance of femininity
importance of masculinity
types of activities
Hays, Sharon
intensive mothering
High school. See School: high school
Homework
child’s inaccurate account of
conflicts over
doing homework
organized activities taking precedence over
parental labor in
Income
and class
description of
Brindle
Driver
Handlon
Marshall
McAllister
Tallinger
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
Individualism
class variations in
importance of
Inequality
Bourdieu’s model of
economic
decrease in “good jobs” over time
educational
Brindle
Driver
Handlon
Marshall
McAllister
Tallinger
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
historical shifts
limited educational skills in daily life
racial
See also Classlessness; Income; Race; Social class; Social structure
Institutions
contacts with
definition of
lack of threat from
mistrust of
professionals required to report parents for abuse
standards of today
See also Interventions in institutions; School
Intensive mothering
Interventions in institutions
educational competence required to
hesitancy to intervene
middle-class parents’ intervention over: appropriateness of gymnastic level
children not performing a skit at school
gifted program