Assignment Task:
Topic 1: "Mothering from a distance: emotions, gender and intergenerational relations in Filipino transnational families"
What are your thoughts on transnational families and mothering from a distance? Would you for your family if in their position? How do the Filipino domestic workers deal with the pain/guilt?
Topic 2: "The father as an idea"
How do mothers who use a sperm donor construct the idea of the father for their children? Why is this important? What if anything would you do differently and why?
Topic 3: "Out of sorts: Adoption and (Un)Desirable Children"
What are your thoughts on the reading? Why are white babies in more demand than babies of color? Should there be a law that makes the prices of adoption in the US the same no matter the race/ethnicity of the child? Why or why not?
Topic 4: "Consumption as Care and Belonging: Economies of Dignity in Children's Daily Lives"
Do you agree with the author's conclusions? Why or why not?
Topic 5: What parenting styles do you use as a parent or will you use if you are not a parent and why?
Topic 6: Apply any of the readings this week to your own life.