SOCI 2700H Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Leave It To Beaver, Consumerism, The Brady Bunch
24 Jan 2017
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Family has lost some of its functions over the years, but they have also evolved and formed new functions. New functions imposed upon families: parents have become coordinators of the education and the services their children receive, responsible for policing what their children and youth watch and access on tv and the internet, etc. Canadian families are certainly not a perfect institution, but their functions cover a lot of personal, social, cultural, and economic needs. The family still does more and better than any other social institution for its members, particularly its children and youth. The concern over the decline" in family functions is the result of inappropriate and inaccurate comparisons to the functions of families in the past. It is important to consider cultural and political realities about family change: everyone is entitled to their religious and moral beliefs about family life in.
