Macro And Micro-Level Influence On Family
Why are families changing, and what are the differences between macro and micro- level influence, and what influences do the portray on the family? While we are all aware that families are changes compared to many years ago such in their choices to marry or to divorce; most of these changes are due to economic issues and having to care for the parents or loved ones. To better understand these choices, many people look at the macro and micro-levels that influence their decisions, where social interactions focusing on those individuals (micro-level perspective). As for the constraints (the macro-level perspective), that limits people options, by using a large scale pattern that characterizes society as a whole. “Both perspectives, and the ways
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Soon the father and mother are struggling to care for their child and can’t make ends meet, causing strain and pressures to build; eventually causing one to lose their job. After a while the mother decides to take matters into her own hands and take on a part-time position to help bring in a paycheck and to help support the child, but soon it becomes overwhelming for her to continue on with her duties as wife, mother and sole-provide; and soon they decide to go their separate ways. This is what is known as micro-level influences, a turn of events that took us on a different path then the one we were currently going down; making people become outright judgmental. Soon everyone has their own opinions as to what went wrong in their relationship, and start becoming the experts as to what should have been; or what could have been for this couple. In other words, the start to play the blame game saying they should have been adults, and awaited having children; their just being selfish and unrealistic. “On the other hand, micro explanations should be keep in prospective, many marriages and family text-books and pop psychology books stress the importance of individual choices but ignore micro-level variables” (Jones, ASID, IIDA, and Phyllis Sloan Allan, L.M., 2009 pg.
Soon the father and mother are struggling to care for their child and can’t make ends meet, causing strain and pressures to build; eventually causing one to lose their job. After a while the mother decides to take matters into her own hands and take on a part-time position to help bring in a paycheck and to help support the child, but soon it becomes overwhelming for her to continue on with her duties as wife, mother and sole-provide; and soon they decide to go their separate ways. This is what is known as micro-level influences, a turn of events that took us on a different path then the one we were currently going down; making people become outright judgmental. Soon everyone has their own opinions as to what went wrong in their relationship, and start becoming the experts as to what should have been; or what could have been for this couple. In other words, the start to play the blame game saying they should have been adults, and awaited having children; their just being selfish and unrealistic. “On the other hand, micro explanations should be keep in prospective, many marriages and family text-books and pop psychology books stress the importance of individual choices but ignore micro-level variables” (Jones, ASID, IIDA, and Phyllis Sloan Allan, L.M., 2009 pg.