Alyssa Croft is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia (Canada), and tops the list of authors of a study called 'Do Parents Gender Roles at Home Predict Children's Aspirations?' (Do children's aspirations predict their parents' gender roles at home?), which has been published in Psychological Science.
The team of researchers suggests that parents who share household chores play a key role in the development of their children's attitudes and aspirations, and especially daughters. It is a study that has been based on the professional ambitions shown by the participating children (7 to 13 years old), which have been considered as a predictor. It may be that girls who grow up in homes where these tasks are shared equally, develop broader goals for their future careers.
It has been discovered that the role of the mother and her belief in gender equality is important for children, while it is crucial for girls to see how their parents assume (or not) domestic work. This is to educate by example: there is no doubt that 'Children see, children do', or 'a picture is worth a thousand words'.
Alyssa is convinced that the changes will begin to be seen from the second generation, that is, with those who are now children
The starting hypothesis of the study seems logical to me, and it deserves to be explored, however I find that the sample of children is quite limited (326). On the other hand, one might wonder if in a retrospective study (and there are no expectations like this), one could see decisive results, which related the training and profession of young girls, relating them not only to the fact that they had seen their parents take on tasks together , but also with other factors such as attachment, educational styles, parental involvement in studies, etc.
