We attempt to show how class position, cultural capital, and social class of parents affects parenting patterns. The findings are based on data from a nationwide survey conducted in 2019. Our analysis shows that having higher cultural capital in terms of going to the opera, philharmonic hall, as well as playing sports or eating at restaurants favours reading books to children, going to the theatre with them, and going to classical music concerts. In a similar direction affect education and class position of the parents: an increase in education and originating from specialists (intelligentsia) are associated with some increase in these parenting practices. A comparison of both parents' activities shows a slightly greater role for mothers than for fathers with respect to reading books and educating children, although fathers are not inferior to mothers in going with their children to the theatre and music concerts. These findings may be seen as an element of the reproduction of class barriers due to the transmission of cultural practices to children that affect their life chances. They also support hypothesis of homology, that is, similarity in the patterns of relationships between class position and childrearing practices.
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