Response

I think that their child should be able to dress/act anyway that he wants to. If that means that he wants to wear pink and pretend he's a princess so be it. Nobody should be shunned for the things that they like and the way that they act. In psychology last year we watched a movie about kids who were born in the wrong bodies. They might have had a girl's body but they knew in their brain that they were more of a boy. It just made me think that no child should be forced to conform to how others think they should act. I think the parents in this situation did the right thing by not judging their son and making him do what they want him to do. I just dont see why it is okay for girls to act like boys but when a boy wants to act like a girl, the world comes crashing down and it becomes totally unacceptable. Some kids are like that and they should be treated exactly the same as anyone else regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.

Sociology Moment

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when, I noticed how the parental influence on my little sister has changed significantly. She is 6 years old and now she used to want my mom with her at all times, when she came home from school, at the house, with her friends...ect. Well, she is beginning to get influence from her peers. She no longer wants my mom to meet her by the front door because it is now uncool, and it is more grown up for her to do it herself. But I still notice their impact on her as they teach her how to mini golf correctly, how to write more neatly and how to tie her shoes. I also found myself influencing her, from me being significantly older, she talks and acts more like a teenager than her friends do. I catch her saying 'like' in every sentence and she just mimicks everything that I do, because she watched me as she grew up. I became and influence on her.





( Mrs. Haas, i wrote this all Sunday night but forgot to press publish, so it was saved as a draft...I swear I did it!!! then)

Well Hello Sociology

All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociologically when, I saw my mom break a social folkway. I come home from school one day in September, and I come to find her outside sun bathing. I start saying to her, "mom, you are the only person i know who will sunbathe in September" and she responded "Yes I am, and proud of it". This is an example of a folkway because she is not hurting anyone or effecting anyone but herself, and most people would just think that she was odd, just like I did. She was just breaking a social norm.

I also found myself in culture shock the other day. I went to my boyfriend's cousins Quincenera and me being Caucasian, I wasn't used to the customs that were going around. I didn't judge what was happening I was just in shock on what Hispanics do differently at one of their celebrations. Every 5 mins I would lean over to my boyfriend and say Oh my goodness! I didn't know that you did that! That's awesome. I was just taking in their culture and learning new things. It was a good learning experience.