My teacher gave me the debate topic that " Are mothers better parents than fathers " ? I have sorted some points but I still need some more points !!!!!
So, please help me !
I will be very thankful .
Awaiting for your reply....
Hope the following three points are not in your store;
1. Females by nature are more caring about their offspring. They go to all ends to feed,care, nurture and protect their young. This applies to many animals.
2. In general, children are more comfortable with their mothers and reach out to them more compared to their fathers. This is because women express their emotions and feelings more freely and explicitly while men often keep them to themselves.
3. Also women have less ego compared to men. This helps them acting as lubricants when there's lot of friction. This helps mothers to keep their family closely knitted.
Although I gave you these points favouring mothers, I'm a father's baby and always believed he is the best out of my two parents...hhahaha... :-D
Have a nice debate!!!!
Thank you very much for your quick reply .
These points were very useful ....
I just need a few more points !!!!!!
Awaiting for your reply
Thanks
Hi Ramesh,
Why dont you google this topic. There'll be plenty of points. Unfortunately I cannot post the links I found since it violates rules of this site. I found an interesting article on the theme "Are Fathers Biologically inferior parents?" which deals with some research findings as well and such findings may enrich your debate. If you google this topic you would find the article. It starts with;
Margaret Mead once said that fathers are a biological necessity, but a social accident..... interesting... isn't it?
Thankyou very much Sir .
I did get a very good essay on it
Thankyou very much
Dont be fooled by any claims that Females are better parents based on sex. Even leading feminists denounce essentialism. The issue of mothers and fathers as parents is often hijacked by industry who, pre-industrial revolution, needed men to work as women would miscarry if they had to perform manual labor. Post industrial revolution life expectancy increased with technology and advanced medical care. Taking men away from the family and leaving females alone was the deterrent for women not to have children and thus lower the population and be an active part of the work force. This action lead to single mother families and the ideal that mothers were better parents was pushed.
Dr Warren Farrell has written extensively on this topic. Interestingly he points out that children learn their sensitivities from their fathers. Fathers are also quoted to be more fair than women and single mothered families often end with one child more fair than others. This added to the fact that women hold the views that girls are vastly different to boys has lead to boys being victimised prompting Dr Farrell to give a series of lectures about the "Poor Boy" syndrome. Also the notion that women multi task and therefore are better at raising a child whilst running a household, is only half the statement. Women may multi task better but men are calmer under pressure. In cases where there are many things to be done, men are often better to deal with the situation because of their cool heads.
Mothers in two parent households are often quoted to have less of an ego and therefore be better at smoothing over tensions in the family. Thus their role to keep the family together is asserted. However, there is no scientific evidence for females having more or less of an ego than men. In fact in observations, women are often called "catty" due to their rivalries with other females. Also note that studies show 70% of domestic violence issues are instigated by the female, which contradicts the role of mothers holding the family together.
As an extra note, in some Islamic nations custody of the child always goes to the father after the teenage years begin as the fathers role is seen as more important at this point.
My personal view is that sex does not matter and humans are all different. We should move away from speaking of mothers v fathers and concentrate on being parents.
Hope this response is of use to you or anybody who wishes to write about this topic.
