Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-95

When respect means to obey: Immigrant mexican mothers' values for their children (Article)

Arcia E.* , Johnson A.
  • a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, Mailman Center for Child Development (D820), P.O. Box 016820, Miami, FL 33140, United States
  • b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Abstract

We describe Mexican immigrant mothers' values for their children and their understanding of how children acquire those values. Fifteen mothers were given a Q-Sort task of parental values and interviewed at length using a semi-structured format. Analysis of the mothers' transcribed narratives revealed salient features of a cultural model of child development that constrasts sharply with current professional models. The emergent portrait of children was one of inactive learners whose ability "to understand" dictated social behavior, developed very slowfy over the years, and was dependent on parental direction and instruction. © 1998 Human Sciences Press, Inc.

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culture Mexican Childrearing Mothers Values

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DOI: 10.1023/A:1022964114251
ISSN: 10621024
Cited by: 48
Original Language: English