Omar Salem

Professor Blandford
Writing 1103
October 24, 2015
Annotated Bibliography
"Jewish Parent/Child Relationships." My Jewish Learning. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
<http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-parentchild-relationships/>
This article takes in the historical perspective and rules of the Torah and what the roles of
males and females are in Judaism. It spoke of how the rabbis, the priests of Judaism, had much
discussion about how the old rules of Judaism carry on to todays world. For example some tasks
that could only be handled by men or women can now be handled by both due to different
interpretation of the Torah by rabbis. It shows how children are supposed to respect and treat
their parents and the parents responsibility towards their child. Judaism sees parents and
offspring as bound to each other not only for practical or humanistic reasons, but also as a way of
honoring God. This concept is explained in detail throughout the article.
This article gave me some critical information about the way religion affects the
relationship daughters and sons have with their parents. I learned that in the Torah fathers are
obligated to circumcise, redeem, teach Torah to, acquire a wife for, and teach a craft to sons. Also
that children must honor mothers and fathers by providing them with food and drink, clothing
and covering them, and providing for their mobility.

I can tell this source is credible because it is run by an educated Jewish staff, and has
proof for all of its information. It also states facts from the official text of the religion which is as
authentic as it gets.
Laura Clark for the Daily Mail. "Sons Really Are Their Mother's Favorites as 88 per Cent Admit
Treating Boys Differently." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. <
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1318036/Sons-really-mothers-favourites-88cent-admit-treating-boys-differently.html>
In this article the concept of favoritism towards a certain child mainly because of gender
is introduced. The article claims that mothers tend to favorite their sons more and are more
critical towards their daughters, while fathers tend to favorite their daughters more and are more
critical and harsh towards their sons. According to a poll done in this article over 80 percent of
mothers admit to treating their sons and daughters differently despite believing that its the
wrong thing to do. The article suggests that the trend could be a reason why women are more
self-critical than men who seem to have a more positive outlook on life. This can affect women
throughout their early development and can cause them to carry parental disapproval and
negative typing into their adulthood.
The information that this article gave me that helped with my research was that 88% of
mothers favorite their sons because they feel that they bond better with them. I also learned that
mothers are more critical of their daughters because they feel the responsibility of raising them to
become the perfect women, while men are more critical of their sons because they feel the
need to raise their son to be the ideal man. This article also helped me achieve facts about my
topic as it was the first article that provided actual statistics.

This is a credible source because the information was conducted from research and
surveys, and is from a credible article with good reviews.

"airaland Forum." Why Do Fathers Love Their Daughters More & Mothers Their Sons? Web.
21 Oct. 2015. < http://www.nairaland.com/1776/why-fathers-love-daughters-more>
This source is a blog; it begins by one person asking about a trend they see in not only
their family but also in other families. They ask why it is that fathers show more love to their
baby girls and mothers show more love to baby boys. Although it never identified whether the
writer was a mother, father, or child everyone had similar views to the matter and agreed on
certain points. A lot of the information I gathered from this blog was important to me because it
gave me different opinions of all family members and helped me come to a conclusion.
I learned for example that fathers view their daughters as fragile and tend to nurture them
and give them more attention than their sons while they tend to be more harsh on their sons. I
also learned that daughters learn how they should be loved by their fathers and learn how to be
women from their mothers. While males are conditioned to become men by their fathers but are
shown extra love and affection from their mothers. This helps create a balance in the childs life
for males do not get this from other males but from females and vice versa with females.
Although this source isnt completely credible and it is just a bunch of opinions of people
just like me, it helped me gain a better view of my topic and brought up some pretty good points
that other sources didnt.
My Life as a Daughter of Christian Patriarchy - Butterflies and Wheels." Butterflies and Wheels
My Life as a Daughter of Christian Patriarchy Comments. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. <
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2011/my-life-as-a-daughter-of-christian-patriarchy/>

This article is about the affects religion, in this case Christianity, has on the relationship
between parents and children. The author speaks from personal experience growing up and what
their beliefs were in the family as a child and throughout her life. The author talks about how she
was taught that women was always under the authority of the male, first the father, then the
husband, and down the road even the son.
Some important information I gathered from this article is the role of a women and the
role of a man of the family. For example the role of women in Christianity was to cook clean and
look after the men, while the role of the men was to take care and provide for the family.
I believe this to be a credible source because the website is very professional and has
solid reviews.

"Like Father, Like Daughter." MuslimMattersorg. 3 Mar. 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. <
http://muslimmatters.org/2009/03/03/like-father-like-daughter>
This article is about the fathers relationship with his daughter in Islam and the
responsibilities the father has towards his daughter in her development. It talks about the
problems that the Muslim community faces today with the fathers disconnection with the
daughter and how the attention of the father tends to shift towards their sons. The article states
that In Islam as well as in psychology, the father is meant to be the daughter's guardian,
protecting her from harm, teaching her life skills and strong values. Then it goes on and talks
about how although it is a rule of the religion it is often overlooked and fathers tend to lack a
connection with their daughters. It also elaborates on mistakes commonly made by fathers in
treatment of their daughters and recommendations on how to fix it.

In the article it states that the father plays a huge role in the growth of the daughter and
that he, the first man in her life, shows her what she as a women, should expect of a real man.
This is really important, because it establishes self-worth in the daughter and gives her an image
of what an ideal man should be like. It is also the daughter that will grow up to be a mother, and
after having children, she will pass on the beliefs of her father to her sons and it plays a huge role
in the development of the family.
I know this source is credible from previous use and because it takes most of its
information from the Quran and Hadith which is the official text of the religion.