Concerted Cultivation Pros And Cons

Concerted Cultivation is a process of engaging a child through organized activities and critical thinking, normally used by middle class families to prepare children for interactions within any given institution. Concerted Cultivation is easily critiqued citing it does not allow for a child to form their own schedule, and often the child is so involved in activities that they are disassociated with anyone not in their immediate family, it creates unhealthy competition between siblings, and often times forces children to focus more on activities and less on academics. However, it has also been researched that concerted cultivation helps children to face authorities in institutions which causes them to be more likely to demand a program cater to their needs instead of going along with a system that does not work for them
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She agrees with Lykken that parents do have a impact on their children's outcome (i.e. Children that were not abused tend to make friends more easily than children that have been abused.) Harris states other causes for the rise in crime such as increase in violence in the media, and the lack of unity against an enemy since the Cold War. Harris uses or disproves specific examples; however, she also uses many reference to herself, and what she got out of certain statistics. This is an informative piece written for scholars. Since she makes references to herself it is important that the reading have a well rounded knowledge of the topic in order to form their own opinions based on Harris'