ANT 2130 Lecture 1: January 16
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A family is a unit composed of not only children, but of men, women, occasional animal, and common cold. Examination of primary social groups: learning the norms of behaviour. Social systems: as a social system, interaction with education etc. Social forms and structures within a wider society: we perpetuate society, and society perpetuates family, education system ex: you have kids, young adults, send them to school, get a job, married etc. (cycle) The law: the law cares to constitute a family because it sets standards on how families should interact with society, the rights and benefits and financial and support a person in a family may have. Government services, pension those who has access to pension: ex: common law partners. Kinship, determining the rules and obligations of your immediate. Values family members: some people have different ideas of what classifies a family - a family is one that has kids, or vice versa.