The experiences and environments of working-class children vary dramatically from their more affluent peers. I update Bronfenbrenner’s (1986) ecological systems theory to account for the technology children interact with and child social class, using Lareau’s (2003) frameworks that establish class differences in parenting practices. I position child technology devices at...
Past research suggests that stereotypes about collective identities (i.e. race, ethnicity, and gender) shape aspirations. However, less is known about how actual representation of collective identity relates to aspirations. The proportion of an identity in a given career will be used as an indicator of numeric representation and I hypothesize...