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	Tallinger	Taylor	Brindle	Williams
Race/ Ethnicity	White	Black	White	Black
Language	English	English	English	English
Religion	Catholic or Protestant	Catholic or Protestant	Catholic or Protestant	Catholic or Protestant
Economics/ Employ.	Each is a consultant – Mr. T works in fundraising & Mrs. T in personnel Combined annual income $175,000 – flexible hours but work evenings & weekends; also includes often traveling. Money never mentioned in front of the kids. Experiencing financial problems – firm not paying out on time leads to $7000 penalties in mortgage	- Mr. T currently unemployed – formally worked for social services including counseling for drug related issues. - he doesn’t pay child support Ms. T works as a secretary - has a car that works  occasionally - annual income $20,000 - money is an issue and spoken about in this household often	- Currently Unemployed and hopes to return to work once Melmel starts school (18 months old) - collects food stamps and cash stipends - Mr. B pays the Dept. of Human Services child support to offset the public assistance payment to the family - money is often spoken about in front of the children	- Mrs. W is a high-level manager in a major corporation: overnight trip at least once a month - Mr. W is a trial lawyer in a small firm handling medical malpractice cases -  preparing the cases keeps him busy from 5am to midnight for two weeks each month; otherwise he works until 6pm - combined annual income is over $200,000 - they rarely discuss money with Alexander
Housing	42 yr. Old two story house on a cul-de-sac/ Big green lawns – swimming pool	Rented 4 bedroom, three story house	- Small rundown 3 bedroom apt - not well maintained: leaky ceiling and many roaches - often the washers and dryers don’t work	- A 6 bedroom, large, old stone house with an expansive porch  and a sweeping  lawn - it is immaculately kept and expensively furnished
Geography	Quiet suburb near major northeastern city	Pretty quiet neighborhood with crime everywhere – father lives in an apt. in the city “the ghetto”	White working-class neighborhood that is dominated by small houses	Quiet street in a middle-class white neighborhood in a major northeastern city
Food	Often eat out at fast food restaurants like Taco Bell after practices –meals together determined by the boy’s activ.	Weekly go out for fast food and once a month go to a restaurant such as Sizzler	Nearest grocery store is a 20 min bus ride away - relies on food stamps: food is in short supply	- Spend most of their time in the kitchen - eats pretty well: fruits and vegetables - food is not an issue
Norms/ Values	Concerted Cultivation plays a huge role in development – Garrett’s scheduled  activities define  the families pace of life – extended family members not a large part of this family’s organization except for holidays.	Natural Development – mother & father separated - append Miss to all female adult names - sister Anisha (13) cares for Tyrec after school while the mother is still working - plays with children of all ages outside of the house and develops skills in mediation, conflict management, personal responsibility, and strategizing	Natural Development – don’t feel that the kids’ leisure time is of any real importance - Katie’s father is inconsistently involved in her life -All of her siblings are of different fathers - very independent: fixes herself soup after school and joined a school choir - is concerned she is fat – she isn’t - was sexually molested in the first grade - cousin is Katie’s best friend - extended family is very much a part of Katie’s life and often stays with her grandmother	Concerted Cultivation plays a huge role in development – Especially language and its use towards entitlement - By the time weekends come the family is exhausted but continue for the benefits to Alexander - Alexander is bored without structured activities – interacts with boys his age only through activities - considered themselves close to extended family (live far away) by talking via telephone and visiting 3 to 4 times a year
Politics	N/A	Mr. T has opinions on many issues, including the state of the world, which he offers freely to anyone who will listen	N/A	- Concerned about the impact of race on Alexander: “it isn’t going to define who he is.”
Relationship w/ Local Geography	N/A	- Where Mr. T lives is the “ghetto” - utilizes the shops in the white neighborhood close by	- Katie takes the bus to Grandma’s by herself (20 min ride)	-the only black family in the white neighborhood in which they live
Formal Education – Level + Type	Both hold bachelor’s degrees from same Ivy League College & were involved in sports	Mr. T dropped out of school when he was young + reading is difficult for him. Ms. T is a high school graduate	Ms. B earned her GED	- Mrs. W has a master’s degree in liberal arts from an elite college - Mr. W earned his J.D. degree from a well-regarded private university
Structures/ Institutions	Baseball, Piano lesson, International Soccer, Forest Soccer, Swim Team, Saxophone, Cub Scouts + tryouts and tournaments.	Summer day camp, Sunday School, + Vacation bible School for the summer + football	After school choir	School activities, church life, soccer games, choir, piano,  + baseball
Class	Middle-Class	Working-Class	Working-Class/Poor	Middle-Class