Unequal Childhoods - Annette Lareau [272]
gymnastic instruction
holiday song program
racial concerns at school
requests for teachers
safety of gym
professionals’ expectations that parents will intervene
responsiveness by institution to
working-class and poor parents
failed interventions with high school
not intervening with college
not intervening with sports in high school
young adults not asking them to intervene
working-class and poor parents in follow-up study: complaining to cable company
intervening about allowing nephew to come into doctor room
plumbing problems in the rental unit
reporting a sister’s child neglect
with union
See also Accomplishment of natural growth; Authority; Concerted cultivation, Constraint, sense of; Entitlement, sense of; Institutions
Karen, David
Katz, Michael B.
The Price of Citizenship
Kingston, Paul
Kinship
assistance
conflicts with other activities
contact with: Brindle
Driver
Handlon
Marshall
McAllister
Tallinger
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
importance of
limited visits
potential negative impact of
time spent with kin, variations by social class and race
Lamont, Michèle
Language use
as an aim in and of itself
as a conduit of life
directives by middle-class children to adults
directives by middle-class parents
directives by working-class and poor parents
parents eliciting information through questions
reasoning
vocabulary development
word play
Limits of class. See Social class: unimportance of
Medical and dental interactions
feeling coerced by professionals
parents’ comfort in
parents’ discomfort in
parents’ misunderstanding of
training children for
Mills, C. Wright
Music and theater
consequences of
performances
piano lessons
schedules of
Natural growth. See Accomplishment of natural growth
Neighborhoods
activities outside the door
descriptions of
number of children locally
surrounding the schools
Networks, social
and labor force
social connections: lack of connections
with other parents
with professionals
Organized activities
activity-to-activity conflict
adult labor in form of: arranging activities
coaching or umpiring sports
compensating for negative experiences in an activity
fundraising
getting kids ready for activities
getting a physical for camp
purchasing equipment
transporting kids
watching games
watching piano lessons
age homogeneity in
benefits from
young adults’ perception of
boredom without
child initiative for
child’s schedule of (tables)
Brindle
Driver
Handlon
Marshall
Tallinger
Taylor
Williams
Yanelli
comical portraits of
cost of
dominance of family life
drawbacks of
exhaustion from
hectic
in high school and college
impact on pace of family life
impact on siblings
limited benefits from
national data on social class and (graphs)
number of
Over-Scheduled Child, The
parental initiative of
parental labor for
pleasure from
potential consequences of as adults
athletic scholarships
ranking of
schedule changes of
skills developed through
travel
See also Quantitative data; Sports
Panel Study of Income Dynamics. See Quantitative data
Parents
differences between mothers and fathers: in how they interact with their children
marital conflict
over organized activities
over racial issues
fathers’ limited role in child rearing
own childhood experiences
Play. See Unstructured activities
Policy implications
and the work of Bourdieu
Powerlessness
with landlords
with other institutions
with schools
Professional standards
for child rearing
for educators
expect parental involvement in high school
reward parents who intervene
medical
Quantitative data
analysis and results
description of (Panel Study of Income Dynamics)
how original study compares to
mechanisms not captured in
social class and time spent: in organized activities
in non-organized activities
with kin
time diaries
time with kin by social class and race
See also Organized activities: national data on social class and
Race
importance