Snarfblat wrote:
> And thus brings up an interesting point. What about daughters? Are
> they influenced by the personality of their mothers to a severe extent?
> Does anyone know of a relationship between the mothers view of
> technology (i.e. a 'geek' or very not 'geek') and how that affects their
> daughters? I cant recall ever hearing anything on this, so I may be off
> base..
Both parents' relationship to technology have a strong influence on
the daughter's.
If the mother is competent and capable with technology, the daughter
assumes _she_ can be. If the mother isn't, but admits it and tries to
learn, the daughter assumes _she_ can, and learns that it's ok to be
new to things.
OTOH, if the mother defers technological decisions and actions to the
father - even 'just' programming the VCR - the daughter learns that
Men Do These Jobs.
(Exception: if Mum tends to defer programming the VCR to Dad because
Mum's up to her elbows changing cards in the computer....)
The converse is also true, but the gender role lesson tends to be
minimised or reversed by societal pressures.
Children also learn from how their parents react to the children
learning.
If parents watch one child struggle and tend to 'help' the child
rather than letting the child learn, that child gets the message
that 'computers aren't my thing'.
Especially if the other child in the family is left to learn for
himself.
Jenn V.
--
"Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenn Vesperman
http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/
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