Table 2.

Parenting Style Classifications - Traditional and Shared.

Traditional Parenting Dyads that ascribe to traditional gender divisions of labour.
	Mother	Father
Income	Mother has no responsibility for income generation, or her income and job provides a secondary economic contribution (e.g. works part-time or at lower wage), or she works fulltime and provides shared economic responsibility.	Father is usually the primary breadwinner, or he may have shared responsibility for income generation through employment or social assistance income.
Chores	Mother is primarily responsible for daily domestic chores, particularly indoor chores such as cooking and cleaning.	Father has little or no responsibility for daily domestic chores or cooking. He may perform outdoor chores such as garbage, yard work, renovations.
Childcare	Mother is primarily responsible for daily childcare routines. If the mother works, she is also responsible for managing most of childcare responsibilities.	Father has no regular responsibility for daily childcare routines. Secondary responsibilities are seen as 'helping the mother out' because the child is primarily her responsibility. The father may perform play activities with the child at times.
Shared Parenting Dyads wherein the father shares a significant role in childcare responsibilities and/or domestic chores.
	Mother	Father
Income	Mother may have primary or shared responsibility for income generation.	Father may have primary or shared responsibility for income generation.
Chores	Mother has primary or shared or secondary responsibility for daily domestic chores, such as cooking and cleaning.	Father has primary, shared, or secondary responsibility for domestic chores. For example, he may cook regular meals or be responsible for dishes.
Childcare	Mother has primary or secondary responsibility for daily childcare routines.	Father shares childcare responsibilities with mother or provides secondary responsibilities on a regular basis. For example, he may perform childcare duties on specified days of the week or hours of each day, while the mother works; or he may perform childcare duties on a regular basis while at home with the mother.