If I could choose a subject to study for development it would be, if a child has an absence of a father figure or a mother figure early in life will it affect how they treat and respect the same sex of the absent figure. With the absence of a parent sometimes it is noticed that they treat a specific sex in a disrespectful manner. For example if a male child didn't have his mother in his life how will he treat a could be girlfriend in a relationship later in life. Will he be more respectful? Less respectful? Or unaware of how to properly respect the girl? The sample would be from a selected few who took a survey asking if they had a parent missing. Have one female "actor" who would go on a date with one guy with only one parent and then have the same girl go on a date with a man who had both parents. Also do it the other way around with a male actor. The method used in the experiment would be to the naturalistic approach, letting the participants just be their normal self with their normal behavior. Answers would come from observation and supplying a survey to find one and two parent participants.
My hypothesis would be that with an absence of a parent that treatment and respect would be lagging or a little behind. Not saying that there would be no respect at all, but rather that participants would be I guess behind when it came to respect. The absence of a mother to a little boy could later lead to that boy not being able to or understand completely how to properly treat a future female girlfriend in his life. The female side could be that with an absence of a father in her life she may just not find a boyfriend the best thing for her, could come off guarded and not sure how to approach a male figure in a way that is abundantly respectful.
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ReplyDeleteMy sons father is extremely violent which is the reason we came to Montana from Kansas/Missouri. Unfortunately any visitation at any time would only put our family in danger. I always try to tell my son that he comes from a proud blood line, and he can choose to control his anger instead of allowing it to hurt his loved ones. I'm not really sure how to deal with it so we go to a child specialist to discuss the absence of his real father. He seems very attentive to especially females and has a need to make sure everyone is safe at all times. He was 2 when we came here so luckily he doesn't really remember his dad unlike my daughter who is terrified of him and has had years of dream therapy to get past the trauma. I think if anything my son will be able to communicate with females more than males but it is probably because he is surrounded by them while he questions me all the time about what his dad would be doing with him if he were able to see him. I don't have the heart to tell him the real answers but I won't lie to him either. It is a shitty position to be in in multiple ways. We can't say his dad's name around my daughter because it triggers her and my son needs to be able to talk about him so we try to talk when we are alone so that it doesn't upset my daughter. Like I said, It is a shitty position to be in!!
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