Explain the differences in parenting style of "collectivist" and "individualist" parents.
· Give two examples of ways that collectivists and individualists would likely differ in their expectations about how the household will be run and how they will interact with their children. Be specific to the age group (infants vs. eight-year old vs. teens, etc.) and avoid broad statements such as "collectivists expect their children to be group oriented." Some examples:
· What would collectivists vs. individualists expect each child's role in the family to be?
· How would collectivists vs. individualists deal with their children?
· How would collectivists vs. individualists expect their children to respond?
· In light of the differing styles and expectations, analyze points of conflict that would arise with the children when the parents swapped households and why (i.e., how the collectivist parents would respond to each of the individualist children, and how the individualist parents would react to each of the collectivist children).
· Compare the grandparents' role in the collectivist family to the grandparents' role in the individualist family.
· Analyze conflicts that the grandparents' roles could cause when the parents swapped households and how the "new" mother and father might wish to change the existing roles.
· Describe how you think the show would end. Will anyone (i.e., parents, children, grandparents, or people watching the show) learn something from the experience?
· Is it possible to change cultural values? Explain your ideas and your reasoning.