Nuclear Family: Today’s Society A nuclear family consists of a mother‚ a father and children. Many things in today’s society have caused children to be raised in small nuclear families than in extended family groups. Living in a household with several family members used to be common‚ but due to smaller immediate family‚ the advance in technology and divorce it has been seen less and less. For the most part‚ this is not a bad thing. Like all changes in society‚ it has its perks and its downfalls
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noticed that the concept of the family has changed in the past 40 years‚ and this has led some to comment on the ’disintegration of the nuclear family’. Do you agree with the claim that the nuclear family unit is breaking down? The conventional nuclear family model‚ Murdock first spoke of‚ which entails the father as the employed bread winner and the wife as the stay at home housewife and mother looking after their children. This early idealistic model of the stable family life has changed and evolved
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live in a joint family lead a sheltered life surrounded by their loved ones. They learn the importance of sharing‚ being patient‚ and simultaneously‚ their lives get enriched while living in a joint family. Sharing work‚ finances‚ space‚ love and affection is what comes to my mind when one thinks of a joint family. In many Indian homes‚ people still prefer joint families to nuclear families. There are reasons a plenty for this preference but the common reason is stability in family ties. Rinki
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Deterioration of the Nuclear Family What is a family? The meaning of family has changed throughout history. It means something different to many people. According to the U.S. Census Bureau: “A family includes a householder and one or more people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth‚ marriage‚ or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A family household may contain people not related
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Healthy ageing is about ‘optimising opportunities for good health‚ so that older people can take an active part in society and enjoy an independent and high quality of life’(Healthy Ageing: A Challenge for Europe). Ageing is not necessarily a burden‚ and it does not necessarily decrease a person’s ability to contribute to society: older people can make valuable and important contributions to society‚ and enjoy a high quality of life. But this depends on treating ageing as an opportunity rather
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Outline and evaluate the functionalist view of the role of the family in society. 33 marks - 25 minutes. A family is a kinship - people related by blood or marriage. Functionalism is a macro theory which means it looks at a wider sociological view. It focuses on the importance of the nuclear family (mother and father married with children)‚ the universality of the family‚ changing roles and how the nuclear family “fits” into modern society. The theory of “fit” is argued by Parsons‚ where he believes
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The Functionalist view of the family. Functionalism was the dominant branch of western Sociology until the 1960s since when it has been increasingly criticised by sociologists favouring different sociological perspectives. Functionalists argue that societies consist of inter-related social institutions such as schools‚ mass media‚ political systems‚ the Church and the family each of which contribute positively to the maintenance of stability of society as a whole. That is: these institutions are
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The ideal family from the American perspective has traditionally been known as the nuclear family by sociologists. The nuclear family‚ consisting of a married couple and their unmarried children‚ materialized as a romantic ideal as the Industrial Revolution transformed the United States into a country where families didn’t have to depend on many children and extended families for help on a farm or financial stability and families got smaller. Wealthier families could afford to have a home for themselves
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Asses Feminist views on the role of families and households in today’s society. There are different types of feminism including: Marxist Feminists‚ Radical Feminists‚ Liberal Feminists and Difference Feminists. They do not all share the same views on families. Not all of these Feminists still remain extremely relevant today as women are still the subject to domestic violence and sexual assault is a huge problem. Most people agree that the most obvious problems that feminists want to solve are
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Families are the backbone of today’s society. They provide the support and normalcy that humans need to thrive in the 21st century. Although there are many different types of families‚ nuclear and blended seem to be the most common. Nuclear families consist of two parents and their children whereas blended families include a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships. These two types of families can be compared or contrasted based on structure‚ bonds and support‚ and who has
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