My topic is on the importance of fatherhood and how different cultural methods of fathering effect the children. There is a lot of new information about exactly how having a father really impacts the way a child grows up. I am using American and Japanese examples of fathering to compare and contrast them.
1. Japanese fathers tend to spend majority of their time at work instead of with their children. As a result, most of the nurturing and teaching comes from the Japanese mothers (Women's International Network News).
2. There is evidence of a great movement of experts and proffessionals trying to convince fathers of all cultures (but between the two I am comparing more to the Japanese) of the importance of spending as much time with their kids as possible (Sanger).
3. Different parenting styles have a big impact on children and how they grow and develop. Therefore, some styles are much better than others (Maccoby).
4. Severe developmental problems occur in Japanese children who do not have a strong relationship with their father (MASAKO ISHII-KUNTZ).
2 comments:
I think you will most likely argue the third point because all the other points seem to somehow relate to it. One thing you may have to consider in comparing different methods of parenting is that American children also receive neglect from working or absent fathers.
It seems like you are arguing that fathers play a big role in the outcome of a child's life. Make sure that you include the reasons why it is so and include studies that people have done that show the differences between children that had quality fathers ant those that didn't.
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