Question 1

Sharon Hayes coined the term "intensive mothering" in her 1996 book The Contradictions of Motherhood.

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Sharon Hayes introduced the concept of "intensive mothering" in her 1996 book "The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood," describing a child-centered, expert-guided, emotionally absorbing, labor-intensive, and financially expensive approach to parenting.

Question 2

Intensive parenting expectations set the standard for parenting in Canada and the West for most of the 1990s, but this is no longer the dominant expectation of parenting.

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Question 3

Scholars in various fields have traced the ways in which standards of good middle-class parenting have steadily increased with the aim of enhancing children's intellectual ability and future chances of success.

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Research in sociology and psychology has shown that societal expectations for parenting, particularly among the middle class, have evolved to emphasize the development of children's cognitive skills and future success, reflecting broader cultural and economic trends.

Question 4

Research on parenting advice from the past 40 years demonstrates that over time children's needs and well-being have been increasingly divorced from and opposed to parents' needs and well-being.

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Parenting advice over the past 40 years has increasingly focused on meeting the needs of children, even at the expense of parents' own needs and well-being.

Question 5

Research shows that in 2015, mothers in Canada were responsible for about 80% of household work.

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Question 6

Mothers who work full-time outside the home have a significantly more equitable division of childcare and household responsibilities than stay-at-home mothers.

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Research indicates that working mothers often still bear a disproportionate share of childcare and household responsibilities compared to their partners, despite working full-time.

Question 7

Expert child-rearing advice in the first part of the twentieth century tended to focus on parents' responsibility for children's physical health.

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During the early 20th century, child-rearing advice often emphasized the importance of maintaining children's physical health, reflecting the medical and scientific understanding of the time.

Question 8

In post-World War II parenting advice literature, children were cast as more innocent and psychologically vulnerable than in previous eras.

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The post-World War II era saw a shift in parenting advice, emphasizing children's psychological development and vulnerability, influenced by emerging psychological theories and a focus on nurturing environments.

Question 9

Following World War II, the prevalence of modern technology in the household allowed parenting, and mothering in particular, to become much less time-consuming.

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Modern technology in the household has not made parenting less time-consuming. In fact, many parents now feel that they have to spend more time on their children's activities and education than ever before.

Question 10

In the 1980s, as a result of neo-liberal ideologies, parenting became much less child-centred than in previous decades.

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Neo-liberal ideologies in the 1980s emphasized individualism and personal responsibility, but this did not necessarily make parenting less child-centered. In fact, there was a growing focus on child development and education during this time.

Question 11

Neo-liberal political ideas stressed collective responsibility and greater community concern for social ills.

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Neo-liberal political ideas emphasize individual responsibility, free markets, and limited government intervention, rather than collective responsibility and community concern for social issues.

Question 12

In the 1960s, new advances in neuroscience led to child-rearing experts claiming that parents could literally affect the way that their children's brains were wired.

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Question 13

Brain development advice related to child-rearing was built on the assumptions of attachment theory.

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Attachment theory, developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, emphasizes the importance of early relationships in child development, influencing advice on nurturing secure attachments for healthy brain development.

Question 14

While brain development advice was popular in the medical research community in the 1990s, it was not common in the media or targeted towards the general public.

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During the 1990s, brain development advice became popular not only in the medical research community but also in the media and was targeted towards the general public, with a focus on early childhood development.

Question 15

The lessons and enrichment classes of various sorts for young children that we see today grew much more popular among the middle class during the 1970s.

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Question 16

Studies show that mothers today spend much less engaged, one-on-one time with young children today than they did in the 1970s when the majority of mothers of young children were not in the workforce.

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Studies indicate that mothers today actually spend more engaged, one-on-one time with their children compared to the 1970s, despite more mothers being in the workforce.

Question 17

Developing resilience in children is a key theme in parenting advice today.

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Resilience is widely recognized as an important trait for children to develop, helping them to cope with challenges and setbacks, which is a common focus in modern parenting advice.

Question 18

Intensive parenting is based on the assumption that parents have the time, financial resources, and supports to involve their children in community-oriented activities.

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Question 19

Scholars of present-day parenting trends have noticed that we are witnessing an increased focus by experts on the need to build resilience in children.

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Experts emphasize resilience to help children cope with challenges and adapt to changing environments, a trend increasingly highlighted in modern parenting discussions.

Question 20

Children in lower-income households where intensive parenting is less feasible have much lower outcomes of success in all areas of their lives.

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While children in lower-income households may face more challenges, success is influenced by various factors, including community support, individual resilience, and access to resources, not solely by parenting style.

Quiz 5: Parenting Young Children: Decisions and Realities