Changing Authority Within the Context of Socialization in Indian Families

transformation can be observed in urban areas, as well as in rural ones. Middle and upper middle class families, which have more access to modern education, seem to be the vanguard of the new trends. The senior author's study in Kerala indicates the modernizing influence in parent-child interactions. In a study of Indian immigrant families in Canada, the contradiction between the traditional attitudes of parents and the desire for rapid change among children is evident. The pattern which seems to be accepted by most of the changing families in India, as well as by the Indian families in Canada, is adoption of modernization, as long as it is useful for the future of the children, while retaining strong kinship ties and cultural identity.