Question 1

Explain how focusing on building resilience in children has contributed to over-parenting.

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Question 2

What are some dominant cultural understandings and representations of gender and parenthood today?

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Question 3

Which of the following statements about current trends in parenting and work is true?

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A)  Young adults are having fewer children, but having them earlier in their lives than previous generations. 
B)  Expectations facing parents at home and in the workplace are rising. 
C)  Expectations facing parents at home are decreasing and at the workplace are rising. 
D)  Expectations facing parents have become significantly more equal as the number of women in the paid workforce has increased. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Young adults are having fewer children, but having them earlier in their lives than previous generations. 
B)  Expectations facing parents at home and in the workplace are rising. 
C)  Expectations facing parents at home are decreasing and at the workplace are rising. 
D)  Expectations facing parents have become significantly more equal as the number of women in the paid workforce has increased. 
E)  All of the above

Question 4

Contemporary expert and cultural understandings of good parenting are based on neo-liberal assumptions of individual self-management, responsibility, and lack of control over life outcomes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Social capital refers to the networks and social supports that people have around them and can draw on in times of need.
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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Parenting in Canadian society is highly child-centred and intensive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Brain development advice in the 1990s built on the assumptions of which of the following theories?

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A)  Attachment theory 
B)  Intensive motherhood 
C)  Neoliberalism 
D)  Child-centred parenting 
E)  Risk culture theory 
A)  Attachment theory 
B)  Intensive motherhood 
C)  Neoliberalism 
D)  Child-centred parenting 
E)  Risk culture theory

Question 9

Phillipe Aries' ground-breaking work on childhood was in the field of psychology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As Jenks points out in their 2005 research, a collective understanding of adolescence as a distinct period in the life course did not exist until which period?

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A)  The early 1800s 
B)  The beginning of the 1900s 
C)  Following the Second World War 
D)  Following the Vietnam War 
E)  Following the invention of the internet 
A)  The early 1800s 
B)  The beginning of the 1900s 
C)  Following the Second World War 
D)  Following the Vietnam War 
E)  Following the invention of the internet

Question 11

Middle-class parents often suffer stress, burnout, and mental health problems from the demands associated with intensive parenting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Because of the increasing demands of the workplace, the amount of time, money, and emotional energy needed to meet the standards of good parenting have decreased significantly over the last three decades.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A recent survey suggested how many Canadian mothers have considered quitting their job as a result of the parenting demands during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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A)  About one-third 
B)  About half 
C)  About two-thirds 
D)  About ninety per cent 
E)  No survey research has been completed on this topic yet. 
A)  About one-third 
B)  About half 
C)  About two-thirds 
D)  About ninety per cent 
E)  No survey research has been completed on this topic yet.

Question 16

Intensive parenting as an ideology is based on the assumption that parents have the time, financial resources, and support to spend ample time on all except which of the following?

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A)  Teaching and playing with their children when they are young 
B)  Be highly involved in their schooling and academic endeavours 
C)  Teaching them relationship skills and mindfulness 
D)  Enrol them in various sporting activities 
E)  Enrol them in various enrichment activities 
A)  Teaching and playing with their children when they are young 
B)  Be highly involved in their schooling and academic endeavours 
C)  Teaching them relationship skills and mindfulness 
D)  Enrol them in various sporting activities 
E)  Enrol them in various enrichment activities

Question 17

Explain how intensive parenting is a middle-class norm.

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Question 18

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The slogan "The years before five last the rest of their lives" is an example of which popular trend in child-rearing advice?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Brain Research 
B)  Neoliberalism 
C)  Intensive Parenting 
D)  Intensive Mothering 
E)  Constructive Parenting 
A)  New Brain Research 
B)  Neoliberalism 
C)  Intensive Parenting 
D)  Intensive Mothering 
E)  Constructive Parenting

Explain how focusing on building resilience in children has contributed to over-parenting.

What are some dominant cultural understandings and representations of gender and parenthood today?

Which of the following statements about current trends in parenting and work is true?

Contemporary expert and cultural understandings of good parenting are based on neo-liberal assumptions of individual self-management, responsibility, and lack of control over life outcomes.

Social capital refers to the networks and social supports that people have around them and can draw on in times of need. Short

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

Parenting in Canadian society is highly child-centred and intensive.

Brain development advice in the 1990s built on the assumptions of which of the following theories?

Phillipe Aries' ground-breaking work on childhood was in the field of psychology.

As Jenks points out in their 2005 research, a collective understanding of adolescence as a distinct period in the life course did not exist until which period?

Middle-class parents often suffer stress, burnout, and mental health problems from the demands associated with intensive parenting.

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.

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.

Because of the increasing demands of the workplace, the amount of time, money, and emotional energy needed to meet the standards of good parenting have decreased significantly over the last three decades.

A recent survey suggested how many Canadian mothers have considered quitting their job as a result of the parenting demands during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Intensive parenting as an ideology is based on the assumption that parents have the time, financial resources, and support to spend ample time on all except which of the following?

Explain how intensive parenting is a middle-class norm.

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.

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

The slogan "The years before five last the rest of their lives" is an example of which popular trend in child-rearing advice?

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Exam 5: Parenting Young Children: Decisions and Realities

Explain how focusing on building resilience in children has contributed to over-parenting.

What are some dominant cultural understandings and representations of gender and parenthood today?

Which of the following statements about current trends in parenting and work is true?

Contemporary expert and cultural understandings of good parenting are based on neo-liberal assumptions of individual self-management, responsibility, and lack of control over life outcomes.

Social capital refers to the networks and social supports that people have around them and can draw on in times of need. Short

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

Parenting in Canadian society is highly child-centred and intensive.

Brain development advice in the 1990s built on the assumptions of which of the following theories?

Phillipe Aries' ground-breaking work on childhood was in the field of psychology.

As Jenks points out in their 2005 research, a collective understanding of adolescence as a distinct period in the life course did not exist until which period?

Middle-class parents often suffer stress, burnout, and mental health problems from the demands associated with intensive parenting.

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.

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.

Because of the increasing demands of the workplace, the amount of time, money, and emotional energy needed to meet the standards of good parenting have decreased significantly over the last three decades.

A recent survey suggested how many Canadian mothers have considered quitting their job as a result of the parenting demands during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Intensive parenting as an ideology is based on the assumption that parents have the time, financial resources, and support to spend ample time on all except which of the following?

Explain how intensive parenting is a middle-class norm.

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.

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

The slogan "The years before five last the rest of their lives" is an example of which popular trend in child-rearing advice?

Introduction to Diversity in Canadas Families: Variation in Forms, Definitions, and Theories

Canadas Families: Historical and Contemporary Variations

Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

Intimacy, Commitment, and Family Formation

Separation and Divorce

Families in Middle and Later Life: Patterns and Dynamics of Living Longer, Aging Together

Marriage and Death Rituals

Families, Paid and Unpaid Work: Connecting Households, Workplaces, State Polices, and Communities

Family Poverty in Canada: Correlates, Coping Strategies, and Consequences

The Settlement of Refugee Families in Canada: Pre-Migration and Post-Migration Trajectories and Location in Canadian Society

Indigenous Families

Lack of Support: Canadian Families and Disability

Violence in Families

Investing in Families and Children: Family Policies in Canada

The Past of the Future and the Future of the Family

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