MCS 2600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Mass Affluent, Nuclear Family
7 Apr 2013
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Chapter 10: the family and it"s social class. Functions of family: economic well-being, emotional support, suitable family lifestyles. Nuclear husband and wife with at least one child. Extended nuclear family lives with at least one grandparent in household. Single parent divorce, separation, out-of-wedlock births, adoption. Consumer socialization- the process by which children acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to function as consumers. Expanding role of children in family decision making (choosing restaurants and items in grocery stores, teen internet mavens, pester power) Childless couples increasingly acceptable with more career oriented married women and. Couples with first child in late 30s or later -likely to have fewer or no children. Couples who marry later in life likely to have fewer or no children. Extended family- adult children return home , divorced adult returns home, elderly move in. Non traditional family lifecycle: delayed marriages with children, newlyweds live with in-laws.
