Influences

Personal

Social

Activity:

1. Brainstorm a list of multiple roles that a parent may have to manage.

2. Create your own scenario and share with the class. Create a list of strategies to manage multiple commitments. Use the table HERE to record your scenario.

3. Complete the "think it through" activity on page 237 of the textbook.

   1. Complete the matching activity below

   2. Assess the effectiveness of three of these strategies

   3. Propose three more strategies that would assist parents and carers in managing their multiple commitments

Social Influences (MCG)

Media stereotypes (M)

• Media stereotypes refer to the stereotypes created through TV, radio and social media.

Community attitudes (C)

• Community attitudes refer to social norms of society or the community.

• Change based on what community an individual belongs to

Gender expectations (G)

• A gender expectation is a social role encompassing a range of behaviours and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their actual or perceived sex or sexuality

Choose one of the following issues to research and use to answer the "learn to" dot point above.

• • Male Nurses

  • Stay at home dads

  • Free range parenting

  • Co-sleeping

  • Smacking as punishment for kids

  • Extended breastfeeding

  • Home schooling

Literacy Activity

Read the above article and answer the following questions:

Here:

• Provide two examples of parenting gender expectations from the article.

• According to the article, how much more time do mothers spend with their children compared to fathers?

• According to the stats, who takes on the full time worker role in the family?

Hidden:

• Why, in most cases, do mothers earn less than fathers?

• Using ideas from the article and your own knowledge, consider what could be done to help shift parental gender expectations towards equality.

• According to the article, mothers regularly getting out of the house is a stepping stone to changing gender expectations. Do you think this is the case? Why/ why not?

Head:

• A common gender expectations is that it is a males job to financially provide for their families. What implications (impact) could this have on the wellbeing of both parents and dependants?

• Another common gender expectation is that a woman's career should take second place to her role as a mother. What implications could this have on the wellbeing of both parents and dependants?

1. Describe how social influences affect the roles of parents and carers

2. Critically analyse expectations of males and females in parenting and caring roles in a changing society

3. Explore one example of how a parent or carer may challenge social influences and assess the impact this can have on their wellbeing