How do today's middle-class children compare to working-class children?
a. Middle-class children are more scheduled, while working-class children are more spontaneous.
b. Middle-class children are more natural, while working-class children are more structured.
c. Middle-class children experience more authoritarian parenting, while working-class children experience more flexible parenting.
d. Middle-class children are more constrained, while working-class children are more entitled.
Ques. 2What is a key difference between Whites and Latinos in terms of fertility?
a. Whites have the lowest fertility while Latinos have the highest.
b. Whites have the earliest age at first child, while Latinos have the oldest.
c. Whites are more prone to accidental pregnancy than Latinos.
d. Whites have more value of pronatalism than Latinos.
Ques. 3Following college graduation, Marlene decides to enroll in graduate school so she can, as she says, put off adulthood. Marlene is an example of a(n)
a. twixter.
b. adolescent.
c. consumerist.
d. modern adult.
Ques. 4What can be inferred from the broad variety of family structures that include children?
a. Stability is the key variable to ensure positive outcomes for children.
b. Only a few children are growing up in a healthy environment.
c. Society is becoming more selfish and not putting children first.
d. Parents are spending less time with their children, with negative ramifications.
Ques. 5Infanticide practices in China illustrate the
a. myth of motherhood.
b. universality of parenting.
c. practice of othermothering.
d. historical views of parenting.