PSY311H5 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 (PSY311)
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Interrelated concepts as socialization takes place largely by parents within the context of the family - in this class we will focus on the socialization by parents and family. For example there is a marital relationship that is subsystem, relationship between siblings, relationship between one child and father, etc. and all these relationships are related to each other. Some families are like that, but many families today are very different from this. Single parent families (weinraub and gringlas): large increase in single parent families since the 1960s throughout the world: 9. 1% in 1960 compared to 24. 7% in 1990 in the us. 55% among african americans in the us. Numbers refer to proportion of children living with only one parent. Single parenthood is a transitional status for many parents with media length of time children are raised by single mothers of six years. Children of single parents, are often referred to as at risk .
