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    1/14/2011 Nuclear family - Wikipedia‚ the free enc… Nuclear family From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A nuclear family is a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children‚ who share living quarters. This can be contrasted with an extended family. Nuclear families can have any number of children. Historical records indicate that it was not until the 17th and 18th centuries that the nuclear family became prevalent in Western Europe. With the emergence of Proto-industrialisation

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    SEPTEMBER 14‚ 2012 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NUCLEAR AND EXTENDED FAMILY NUCLEAR EXTENDED A. Consist of father‚ mother and children. Consist of father‚ mother‚ children‚ grandparents and other family relatives. B. Nuclear family is principally based upon the emotion of parental love and sibling bonding and hence the structural functionalism (mechanism of relationships) is quite simple‚ yet the psychology involved becomes quite complex. In case of a joint family‚ the primary emotion is a general affectionate

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    To what extent can we agree with Murdock that the nuclear family is a universal institution? The nuclear family is found world wide. The idea of a nuclear family is primarily a functionalist perspective. It is fundamentally defined as a family unit consisting of a married couple and their offspring. The initiative was first developed by George Peter Murdock (Functionalist) and since then it has been a debatable issue between all sociologists. Murdock studied 250 institutions ranging from hunting

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    of the Nuclear family? The nuclear family is well known conception within the Western world. It consists of 2 adults and 2.4 children. There are many supporters of this traditional family construction‚ and there are many with contrasting arguments who disagree. An alternative to the nuclear family in the west is the extended family. It consists of the traditional nuclear family and added relations such as an aunt‚ or cousin. The been-pole family is a sub-category of the extended family and it

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    Nuclear family Drawback: The nuclear family misses all the advantages of joint living. It is too isolated and unconnected to elicit support or assistance during need or crisis. Its limited size poses practical problems for child rearing and care‚ more so when the mother works outside. Children are deprived of a wider social world‚ emotional bonding‚ love and affection that a joint family provides. The old parents are left in the village or old age homes without personal care. Joint Family merits:

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    6/14/13 E E E E E Essay on joint family vs. nuclear family system E E E E E GUIDELINES About Site Content Quality Guidelines Terms of Service Privacy Policy Disclaimer Copyright Recent Articles Essay on joint family vs. nuclear family system ATUL JOSHI Preserve Articles is home of thousands of articles published and preserved by users like you. Here you can publish your research papers‚ essays‚ letters‚ stories‚ poetries‚ biographies‚ notes‚ reviews‚ advises and allied information with

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    MARRIED NUCLEAR FAMILY The nuclear family or elementary family is a term used to define a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children. This is in contrast to a single-parent family‚ to the larger extended family‚ and to a family with more than two parents. Nuclear families typically center on a married couple; the nuclear family may have any number of children. There are differences in definition among observers; some definitions allow only biological children that are full-blood

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    is known as a family which contains two parents and one child the nuclear family creates a stable environment so children raised in this family with the same parents during their growing years have a higher likelihood of having stability in their relationship and emotional bonding. Also this family provides a sense of consistency because when children grow up in a nuclear family‚ they get a sense consistency‚ especially when it also includes closeness with other members of the family such as grandparents

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    Now days we rarely see joint family. But I believe that Joint family have more advantages than nuclear family.Basically we have to understand what a joint family means‚ our father says‚ his siblings and their families living together can be considered a joint family.In joint families all the family members sit together and discuss their own promblems with the family members. In nuclear families there are only the parents and the children.The advantage is that you can spends more time with your children

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    Essay on joint family vs. nuclear family system A joint family comprises members of the family that are related one another and share a common ancestry‚ religion‚ and property. All the working members of the family pool together what they earn and ha them over to the head who is usually the eldest. The family head takes care of the entire family. Any member who brings in extra money has equal status. Hence‚ the joint family puts into practice the concept: ’To each according to his needs‚

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