One current hypothesis about why there are socioeconomic differences in parenting practices is that:
o higher-SES parents are more concerned about protecting their children from harm than are lowerSES parents.
o genetic differences between lower-SES families and higher-SES families enable lower-SES families to cope with difficulties more easily.
o the increased stress that lower-SES parents experience causes them to have less time and energy for complex child-rearing issues than do higher-SES parents.
o the jobs common to higher-SES families require a greater degree of conformity than the jobs common to lower-SES families.