Michael Chaby
Nikki Suspic
Crystina Campbell
Jaquan Johnson
Communication Differences Between Gender and Parents
Our group decided to do our project on communication differences between gender and
parents. We picked communication between genders because we knew that males and females do
not talk the same. The idea of asking them how they speak to their parents came about because
we wanted to know the effect it would have on a male and female. We decided the way to get
peoples opinions and a thought about the topic is by doing a survey. On the survey that we made
we ask for your sex and there was eight question to answer. Under the question was each parent,
both, and neither you were ask to circle one. We handed out thirty-two survey to females and
thirty to males. After giving out the survey we collected them back so that we could collect the
data and see what our results would be which is later displayed in the paper.
We began by collecting our data with a survey that was eight questions long and asked a
variety of different questions regarding communication relationships between kids and their
parents. After we collected our data we began by looking at the surveys and disregarding any of
the surveys where participants forgot to circle their gender. Once we sorted through those, we
took all of the answers that were given to us and tallied up each answer that was given. We
sorted through each answer and put them together in a chart that gave us the results of each
answer from that participants that were asked. As a whole, we felt that the survey was the most
efficient way to collect our data and analyze our results.
After conducting the survey we received results that were unlike what we thought we
would get. When asked which parent they turn to for advice most women said their moms, while
guys tended to ask their fathers more. When asked which parent they were most likely to curse in
front of both males and females said their mothers more then their fathers, which was
unexpected. When asked which parent they tell first when they do something wrong, both
females and males put their mother over their fathers. Both females and males said their mothers
were more understanding then their fathers. When asked which parent they ask for money
females mostly said their moms where as males it was even between their moms and dads. Both
male and females said they have the same amount of respect for both parents. Females were
more prone to talking to their moms about relationship problems where as males said they rarely
talk to either parent about relationship problems. Some of the surveys ended up being what we
expected while other caught us all off guard and were quite shocking. Even though kids seemed
to favorite a certain parent in their surveys, parents should always remember, “that your child
loves both of you even if he or she does play favorites every now and then.” Just because a child
goes to one parent for anything doesn’t mean there is a lack of love in a family.
Before doing this survey about asking and finding out which parent people go to for help,
advice, money etc. We thought that from a male’s perspective that they would go to their
fathers. Then for the females that they would go to their mothers. We thought that because in
those situations they could help out the most usually when there the same sex. We have found
out a lot of things after the survey was taken and we added up the result. After adding up all the
results from the survey it came out that males and females would go to their mother before their
fathers. In the end you can see that no matter what gender that mothers are the more
understanding, for their children to talk, or even for advice etc.
In conclusion, our results show that most females and males lean towards the mother
when asked the eight questions. Things about our project we would change would be the age. We
only ask college students because that what we had the most access to. Having a wider range of
age would help us to see if there was a correlation between age and not just sex. Also location is
another thing that we would change. Most of the people asked were located in Bloomsburg,
asking someone from the south these questions would have a different impact on our results. We
would also add the survey the question of who do you live with. We think that asking this
question could have helped us with our results. If you live with your mother you may respect her
mother same goes for father. Doing the research project with the survey and eight questions gave
us a good idea of how gender effects communication with parents.
Works Cited
Zagata, Darlene. "When Children Seem to Prefer One Parent Over the Other."
FamilyLobby.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 May 2013.
Appendix A
Gender : Male Female
1. Which parent do you turn to for advice?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Father Figure Neither Both
2. Which parent are you more likely to curse around?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Father Figure Neither Both
3. Which parent do you tell first when you do something wrong?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Father Figure Neither Both
4. Which parent do you think is more understanding?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Figure Neither Both
5. Which parent do you ask for money from first?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Figure Neither Both
6. Which parent do you have more respect for when talking?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Father Figure Neither Both
7. Which parent are you more likely to talk to about your relationships?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Father Figure Neither Both
8. Which parent do you have a more respectful tone around?
Mother/Mother Figure Father/Father Figure Neither Both