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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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    Nuclear Family "Debate"

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    family is a group of people who live together. They share the housework and take care of one another. There are three types of familynuclear family‚ single-parent family and extended family. A Nuclear Family is made up of father‚ mother and one or more children living together. A Joint Family made up of father‚ mother‚ grandparents‚ uncles‚ aunts‚ cousins‚ nieces‚ and nephews. The "nuclear" family is not a recent phenomenon‚ but has existed in many cultures throughout human history. Indeed

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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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    Advantages of a nuclear family are: 1.) Stability. A child raised by the same two parents during their maturing years is more likely to have emotional bonding and relationship stability. Children raised by a single parent will likely have a sense of loss for the missing parent and lack the advantage of duel insights‚ emotional support and examples that come from having both a mother and a father. 2.) Legacy. A nuclear family of a husband and wife provides a life long consistancy of purpose

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    Is the nuclear family universal? This essay will explore whether the nuclear family is in fact a universal sociological institution. The term ’universal ’ means applicable to all cases‚ so‚ for this to be correct the nuclear family must be found in all families in every society. Nuclear family consist a husband and wife and one or more children‚ own or adopted‚ it is defined by Murdock and according to him‚ he believed that the nuclear family is ’a universal social grouping. ’ Functionalist

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    The Modern Nuclear Family

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    The Modern Nuclear Family: Headed for a Meltdown? Janet Donlin Upper Iowa University February 17‚ 2012 The Modern Nuclear Family What is a nuclear family? A nuclear family generally consists of a father‚ mother and their children‚ either adopted or biological. The nuclear family historically has been the basic unit of the larger family structure and is where the basic family values such as love‚ tolerance and coexistence are learned. The major characteristic of nuclear families is the monogamous

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    in the amount of nuclear families There are several possible reasons for the decrease in the number of nuclear families‚ particularly in the past forty years. This includes rising cohabitation‚ higher divorce rates‚ secularisation‚ rising same sex relationships‚ more career seekers and the rise in feminism. Firstly‚ a nuclear family is a family consisting of a man and woman (usually married) in a sexual relationship with one or more children. One reason for this type of family becoming less common

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    Nuclear Family Norms

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    material from item 2B and elsewhere‚ asses the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm. A nuclear family is today seen as only one of many family types in modern day society‚ there are many different variations. Some sociologists say that nuclear families is and should remain the norm‚ whilst others believe that society is now too diverse to simply have only one family type. A reason in particular that nuclear families are no longer the norm is That‚ divorce rate has increased. Research

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    Today Changes of the Ideal Nuclear Family Change has become the constant in families all over the world. For years‚ the “Ideal Nuclear Family” was portrayed as the perfect family. The ideal nuclear family consists of a mother‚ father‚ and three to four children all in one home. The perception of this “perfect” family has been depicted through sitcoms such as‚ the Brady Bunch‚ The Cosby Show‚ and many more over time. As of today‚ The “Ideal Nuclear Family” has changed and has a new look in our

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    very small family units. In your opinion‚ why is this and what are the effects on society? Word count: 446 Timing: 7 minutes Cause - Open thinking and enjoy freedom - Focus on economic target - Family conflicts - Easy to teach children - Be affected western culture - Have little land to afford bigger families Effects Negative - Self-centered and selfish - Lose cultural identity - Be involved in social evils Positive - Liberate people from old unhealthy value - Avoid family conflicts

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