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Parental Ethno Theory

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ABSTRACT This assignment aims to explain the meaning of parental – ethno theories and its influence on the social development of the young child. The relation is further supported by examples taken from the personal and field experiences of the student which are cross cultural in nature. It also highlights the conditions under which the parental ethno theories gets shaped and further shapes the social outlook of their young ones. Key words: Parental ethno theories, socialization, culture, child. MEANING OF PARENTAL ETHNOTHEORIES In order to understand the meaning of this term it is important to break the term into two words Parental and Ethno theories. Parents are the primary people with whom a young human being interacts. ‘Parental’ refers …show more content…

According to this framework the social surrounding of the child consists of three components, those being the physical and social setting where the child lives, the cultural customs that regulate the process of child bearing and child care and the mental temperament of the care taker which includes not only the parents but the teachers and any other child care providers as well. It is this third component of the developmental niche that forms the basis of parental ethno theories. These theories can be studied and observed in the light of other two components of the developmental niche as well. Hence the parental ethnotheories forms the nexus through which elements of larger culture are filtered within the individual member of the …show more content…

For example among religious Indian families for the mother-in-laws it is a common practice to recite holy religious scripture to their pregnant daughter-in-laws expecting the foetus to hear them and harbour similar religious righteousness from the very start of his life. The process of institutionalising, the act of making the new member ‘belong’ to the existing social structure is the main psychology behind parental ethno theories. Right from the inception of the name of the child, the new born is made to bear the idea of who he is rather what his/her parents want him to be. The cognitive abilities, beliefs, ethical values, coping defences and salient emotional moods are characterised in the formal ages of the child itself. The rest of the life is usually spend honing them. The parents work both directly and indirectly in shaping their young ones till he develops his own perspective and sometimes continue to do it even after

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