Child help: I Am a social worker and have been questioned to answer reasons for social class differences in child rearing practices - anyone help? - Help.com

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What I gather is that you have to answer the question, “Why is there a difference when raising children between different social classes?”

No matter what we want to think… there is prejudice in the world today. I’m a white man (obviously from my picture) and was taking a class that discussed racism. I was never touched so much as by the testament from a woman of color in the class one night. She said the hardest thing about being black in today’s world was having to raise her children with two sets of values. One set of “this is what you have to do to survive and be safe”… and another set of, “this is right”.

For example… A black man cannot walk down some streets at certain times of night without being hassled by the police… this is not right. Many people of color cannot walk into a store without the security automatically taking notice of them and evaluating, judging them right off the bat. I cannot pretend to know how this feels. I never feel as though I’m being watch when I walk into a store. How many black men can say the same?

I believe for the longest time that is what the courts supported. Women are nurturers, more so then men (to the greatest degree). This premise was supported by the courts. I think we are see a change in this… but not by much.

I think of social class as being more related to financial status and the emphasis a family is able to put toward higher level endeavors than anything having to do with race or gender. So, in order to address the question, I need to know your definition of social class.