NUR1 324 Lecture Notes - Domestic Violence, Homeostasis, Semipermeable Membrane
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Family definition: according to stephanie coontz: family originally meant band of slaves, murdock"s definition, social group characterized by common residence, economic co-operation and reproduction. Middle-class nuclear family rule families, role reversal (slavery/racism) orientation child care (less child labour) Family forms diverged in working class to single person and single-parent households. 1920"s male breadwinner, female homemaker, child in school family. Acceptance of youth and leisure fulfillment culture: christian europeans brought nuclear family structures to western canada, patriarchal traditions - men property owners and responsible for women and children. Life cycles of youth entering job, completing school, leaving home and marrying and setting up household varied in 20th century. Average age of marriage dropped and divorce dropped. Family life and gender roles predictable traditional form. Reality discrimination, cover up, child poverty, violence women, children. Families have always been fragile, vulnerable to rapid economic change and needful of economic and emotional support from beyond the nuclear family.
