SOC246H1 Lecture Notes - 18 Months, Nuclear Family, Sexual Revolution
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Week 7 class notes: aging and families: introduction aging and families. The family, as a fundamental social institution, influences daily life and life chances through the life course. mcpherson and wister (2008), pg. What way is this an accurate and safe statement when opening a sentence. Linked lives perspective people are connecting with one another and it influence their life trajectory ( people transitions influence on others) Families are unique as social institutions in that they are fundamentally age-integrative. Families are age integrating institutions idea of producing and raising upspring, linked together and there are multiple generations of people. How do we define a family there is a distinction between composition vs. function. Legal system and change over time legal codes change over time e. g. : canada census who composes the family. The important point is that change overtime ( same sex parents recent) e. g. , the canada census definition of family:
