Privilege And Entitleness

The terms privilege and entitlement came up. What is that the privilege means is a reward of some sort, like you are privileged to be in college or to own something. Entitlement means like you feel powerful, that no one questions you. The privilege is what the working/poor class is and entitlement is what the middle class are. For example, in chapter three, Garrett Tallinger is at the dentist and when he is done with his checkup, the dentist offers him a free toothbrush and he denies it. (Lareau, ch 3, pg 40). This is an example of entitlement and privilege. Garrett feels he is entitled to a toothbrush but he does not want it because he is from the middle class and he knows that toothbrushes are always going to be there. But to a working/poor

Culture can play a role in how parents raise their children. The majority of population of the US traces their family’s history from both sides of the family. Some are patriarchy, which means they trace their family only on their father’s sides, and some are matriarchy, which means they trace their family only on their mother’s side. I tried to think about how I was raised growing up and tried to put myself in the children’s shoes and I had a hard time connecting to the children in the book because come from a matriarchy society. Where the mothers, aunties, grandmothers are head of the household instead of the fathers. Also, when a mother, aunt, grandma says something that is the final word, there is no arguing or defending yourself. If you want to do something, like go hang out with friends, you would have to ask permission from the mother or grandmother, and if they say no, you cannot argue or whine because they are the authorities figure. Also in the book, Lareau talks about physical punishment (spanking) and teaching styles. Again, this was hard to connect with because growing up; I was spanked but hardly by my parents. Because year round, we would have our ceremonies and our kachina’s (I cannot go into detail in what they look like because it is taboo in my culture) would whipped the children using yucca or ears of corn they have because they know when the children

This is partially true because there are pros and cons. In the middle class, children have access to many resources and are exposed to different races and cultures and their use of language. There is a con because with so much organization, there is no time to “be a kid”. The use of language can be dangerous because they can manpliuate people into getting what they want. Another con is not being close to their family and they take advantage of the resources such as a washer or food. In the working/poor class, children have hardly no access to resources, they have to miss school because they have no clean clothes, or not being able to talk to a doctor because they have don’t have the language to communicate. Some of the pros are that they are around their family; they strive to be better and working harder. They will understand the value of a dollar. So my hypothesis was both right and wrong. The only part of my hypothesis that is wrong is that culture plays a part of raising their child. Because in the book and articles, there was no references to