Wai Sing Lam
November 19th,2010
Coltrane Reflection
Coltane dicuss the role where mother and father are the parents who take care of their children. In Coltrane, paradox reality he sees that father are doing the job as the stayhome parent, where women are the provider for their family. According to Scott Coltrane article, "Fathering:Paradoxes,Contradictions,and Dilemas, Coltrane says, "We do know that when fathers share child care and housework with their wives, employed mothers escape total responsibility for family work, evaluate the division of labor as more fair, are less depressed, and enjoy higher levels of marital satisfaction."(p.441) Coltrane is saying women are at work making money and taking long hours. While the father, stay home and built a strong bond with his son mostly, and sometimes with his daughter. The father become the one who teaches, the son to fullfil duties and be a good boy. While the mother spend hours at work, thus having less time for responsiblitiy in taking care of their children. It's like the fathers are taking the role of the mother as birthgiver. They're taking the role of the mother, while mother are taking roles as the father.
This is right. the picture displays how women and men are trading roles in parenting. The MLA citation was done well and the pint you bring up is strong and effective in displaying that women are now becoming the ones who take care of the family with financial issues while men deal with the morals.
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