comparitive study

-family life

Similarities in the answers of grandparents Each grandparent spoke of an old fashioned life Girls were not given much freedom Boys had great expectations from their families They had a better sense of moral values unlike

the present generation Father was the head of the family They lived in joint families The historical events they remember during

their teenage was related to the Indian freedom struggle.

They did not have a high degree of education

Similarities

Similarities in the answers of parents Girls enjoyed some freedom and

were not restricted to their houses Boys were supposed to work and earn

for the families Families were together with less fights

and lived in joint families Father was the head of the family They had completed their education

similarities

Differences in the answers of grandparents

The family customs and practices were different from each grandparent depending to the state they belonged or the caste they belonged to

In some families even their elder brothers or grandfather was the head of the family

Differences

Differences in the answers of parents The family customs and practices were

different from each grandparent depending to the state they belonged or the caste they belonged to

Not all mothers were housewives

differences

difference

parents grandparents

They completed their education

Girls were given some freedom

Not all women are housewives

changes seen in the moral values

Could not complete their education

Girls were not given much freedom

All women were housewives

Old fashioned

Even though girls were given much freedom, it was not much

Males were the head of the family Lived in joint families Both the were not working

similarities