FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Control
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Legal definitions vary across regions and tend to change over time. Shift due to change in cultures or environments. A married or common-law couple(with or without children of either and/or both partners) A lone parent of any marital status, with at least one child living in the same dwelling. Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations of some of the following: Physical maintenance and care of group members. Addition of new members through procreation or adoption. Production, consumption, distribution of goods and services. Extended families or multiple families can live in the same dwelling. Focus on family forms or family processes. Parents and children living in one household. 1 in 8 had children living with them. Number of couples without children is increasing.