Class Differences In Child-Rearing Are On The Rise, By Claire Lee Miller

Social class, group of people who rank similarly in term of property, power, and prestige, separate people into different lifestyles and provide them with distinctive ways of looking at the world. It gives each individual 's different roles to perform and allow them onto different stages. Social class set people onto different path; it open opportunities to some, but close it from others. In the article, “Class Differences in Child-Rearing Are on the Rise” by Claire Cain Miller describes the impact of parents’ social class on raising a child. This article argues that families of different social classes supervise their child differently. Miller argues that families of upper class prepare their child to be more likely to success and maintain their higher social class status. I totally agree with what Miller said about upper class parents; they enrolled their child with tight schedule that’s full of activities and after-school programs. They see their children as projects in need of huge investment and cultivation, which I feel is an advantage and disadvantage. These children develop the skills to

For example, in my life my parents has a mixture of quality from upper and lower class on how they raise me. My parents, who tend to fall in the middle class, are strict when it comes to earning high grades; they believe in the importance of going to college, especially attending in a prestige college. They are in concern with living in a “bad” neighborhood because they fear of the danger and negative influences. However, unlike some affluent parents, they don’t force me to enroll in lot of activities and program or teach me to question authority figures. Also, unlike lower-income parents, they’re not too involved in my education and tend to keep me under close