Journal_8_1.docx Journal 8-1: Family Systems Southern New Hampshire University Fam

Journal_8_1.docx    Journal 8-1: Family Systems  Southern New Hampshire University    Family Systems  Parenting Style  My parents can probably be considered demanding/control style parents.  I remember, growing up, that my mom was really the one who œlaid down the law in our household.  I never felt like I could say what was on my mind or express my feelings.  I would classify my mom™s parenting as authoritarian parenting.  She was strict, especially when it came to me because I am her only daughter.  I remember thinking, œI wish I was a boy, because they don™t have to do the things that I have to do..  When I was old enough, mom showed and then made me fold laundry, clean the bathrooms from top to bottom, iron my dad™s military uniform, dust, and vacuum.  Any household chore, I had to do because that is what œgirls do.    My dad™s parenting style growing up was more permissive.  He was not as strict as my mom, but also didn™t monitor what I did very closely.  He would help me with my homework until he couldn™t understand it.  He was more involved with my youngest brother, who was athletic, so they would play catch with the football and baseball outside.  The one thing I remember my Dad doing for me is buying me books.  I loved to read when I was young, and he would come home with two to three new/used books for me often.  Social Class & Cultural Variations  My family and I were not poor.  I would classify us as a middle-class family.  I don™t remember my parents ever telling my brothers a