In some countries, the role of a mother differs in some ways from the role of a father. Why do you t The differences between the role of a mother and the role of a father can be seen in many countries. In my opinion, these differences result from a variety of reasons, and the future pattern for the parental roles will dramatically change because of the emerging of a kind of family. There are two main reasons to explain why these differences exist nowadays. First, some countries have serious and fixed gender expectations based on their culture and may lead to the mother and the father have different responsibilities. Take Taiwan for example, in the past, Taiwanese culture encouraged the father to work hard and develop their career outside, while it asked the mother to stay at home and take care of her family first. Second, in the present, some parents prefer to equally assign their obligations according to their schedules, abilities, and personal interest. By doing so, parents can have a better-balanced life between their parental responsibilities and their private lives. However, when it comes to the development of parental roles in the future, it’s clear that it would depend on the national culture as well as what type of family will be popular. From what I’ve noticed, in Taiwan, parents tend to have only one child nowadays and both of them want to have a job to support the significant spending of their child. This new trend makes parents have to assign their responsibilities in more detail according to their time limitations, education levels, capabilities of exercise and entertainment and so on. In conclusion, there are some reasons standing for the differences in parental roles these days. And I believe that the future parental role’s development will be influenced by the new emerging type of family.