Affects of social and cultural capital on children as they develop

Affects of social and cultural capital on children as they develop

by Kevin Roberts -
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 In chapter 18, the affects of Social and cultural capital are discussed in length. Social capital includes time parents spend with their children, as well as the parents relationships with other community members, such as neighbors. Did you experienced positive effects of your parents relationships with others in your community growing up? On page 366, Wiley talks about parental relationships and how they can influence academic performance, " social capital promotes achievement by both heightening adolescences expectations and mobilizing other types of resources that contribute positively to educational outcomes"(Wiley 366). If you grew up having a close relationship with your parents, do you think this encouraged you to preform well in school? 

Cultural capital  is defined in this chapter as the cultural practices of classes, such as hobbies, behaviors, attitudes, and values pertaining to school and extracurricular activities. Do you feel you where given an advantage or disadvantage by the cultural capital scenarios you where brought up in? 

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by Deleted user -
I had a good relationship with both of my parents as well as the community around us. Yes, of course there were some problems with neighbors as well as other member in the community but for the better part of my childhood I had a good relationship with the community that i was involved in. My parents also encouraged me to do well in school and if i consistently did bad they wouldn't punish me they would help me in anyway that they are able to. My mother was a math major in college and was very good and tutoring me in all of my math classes.

My culture capital scenarios that i was involved in while growing up revolved around sports and i very much enjoyed what i did. When the time came to narrow down the sport that i wanted to take to the next level my parents were very supportive of that decision and helped me whenever they could.

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by Deleted user -
I had a positive relationship with my parents and the the community around us. There is always the issues you will encounter with people being rude or neighbors causing issues, but for the most part we had a great relationship with community. My relationship with my parents was extremely close and they always encouraged me to do well in school and try to the best of my ability. My parents supported me when I wanted to continue playing football in high school and in college and always want the best for me.

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by Benee Fincher -
I have experienced positive effects within having the relationship with both of my parents. with having a good relationship with my parents and being able to talk to them, I could handle situations with a more leveled and mature mindset with having someone older than me get the understanding of the situation and to tell me what is best out of the situation and more. the relationship I have with my parents is also supportive. I think having a close relationship with my parents did encourage me to preform well because of that support system and always thinking and believing I can succeed in anything I get into to.
I think I did good for what I went through within the realms of cultural capital

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by Colin Glover -
I had a good relationship with the people around me growing up. The neighbors and other people within my community liked me and in part helped me become who I am today. Growing up my mother was the principal of the elementary school I went to, so I was known around the community because of my mother and this recognition allowed me to use those people as resources later in my childhood. Since my mom was a principal, she kind of demanded excellence from me in school because she had total control over me not only at school but at home because she was also my mother. I think this dynamic really allowed me to excel in school. I think I was able to fit in more at school just due to my hobbies because I was an athlete, and I was well known I was able to move freely and succeed without being questioned and I think that freedom came from the Cultural capital dynamic.

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by Hannah Daoust -
Through the good social capital my parents not only had with me but with our community growing up, it allowed me to participate in more extracurriculars and activities outside of school and the house. Through my parents connections and relationships they had with not only the community, but my friends parents as well, I was able to continue to be active and present in all of my hobbies, even when they were unable to bring me or be there. Additionally, growing up I did have a close relationship with my parents which in my opinion did help me perform well in school due to the disappointment I feared if I were to let them down with bad grades or lack of participation. Through the cultural capital scenarios I was brought up in, I feel it gave me advantages through allowing me to find my personal interest and various ways to express myself through the sports I played.

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by Joshua Leerssen -
I grew up pretty close to my parents. Throughout my school years, they always encouraged me to get good grades in school, and they would punish me when I failed a test as a kid. It wasn't until high school when they were okay with me even getting a B in a class. Even though they were pretty strict with my grades, I feel like our close relationship allowed for me to not feel like I was being forced to do well in school. Rather, it was expected and I didn't want to disappoint them.

In terms of cultural capital, I feel like I was given an advantage in the scenarios I was brought up in, as I was encouraged to try many different sports and activities outside of school to figure out what I liked and didn't like.

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by Deleted user -
I always joke with my parents that with what one lacked, the other had, and that is why I ended up somewhat decent haha. Which is why my answer may be different than most. The parent I was the “closest” with was not the one who encouraged me to do well in school. Now, do not mistake me, I for sure had high academic expectations from this parent I was closest with, but that parent is not the major reason I achieve academically. Interestingly enough, the parent I was most distant from is a lot of the reason for my academic success (my ex step mom). She was very tough on me academically and compared my to my much smarter older siblings quite often. She instilled in me the importance of academic success, whether she was tough on me for the right or wrong reason, it had a good outcome.

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In response to the cultural capital part of your question, I do not think white people necessarily have to be “rich” to be gain cultural capital. Whiteness most of the time is enough to get you cultural capital. Institutions, standardized test, etc,. Are all white-washed things that provide a baseline advantage for people for being white. Different ethnicities, culture, etc, sometimes come along with different practices. Those in the dominant status of America (White Christians) from birth are raised to act in a way that aligns with these white washed institutions. From rhetoric, to religious belief, to goals, food, etc,. It is much easier for them to gain acceptance into these institutions, and easily move up the latter once they are in.

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by Audrey Chatfield -
My parents and I did not really talk much to our neighbors or other people in the community but I don’t think we have had any negative effects because of it. I do think though that my close relationship with my parents encouraged me to do well in high school. I was scared of disappointing them and so I think that that drive helped me especially in high school.
I think I was most likely given an advantage. I went to a private high school which allowed me to find things to do in a smaller pool of people. I think that helped me get better at certain activities like theatre and singing.

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