Working class parents tend to be more authoritarian and in my family that was my mother. No it was just no. There was no explanation, we just had to accept it and not question his authority. One thing you see in working class individuals, and I see it in myself sometimes, is that they don't challenge or question authority because they were raised in a family where they were expected to conform. In comparison, middle-class parents negotiate and talk to their children on their level, as equals. This ultimately teaches those kids that things are negotiable and if the answer to something is no, there has to be an explanation; “because I said so” is not an acceptable answer. In my family my father was the one who had this approach with us. Unlike my mom, my dad explained why the answer was no and gave us alternatives. He talked to us about how his work was going and whether he had any conflicts. For example, several times he felt they were not treating him fairly and asked to speak to the manager, supervisor, or owner to understand what was going on