SOCA02H3 Chapter : Brym_Ch15.docx
Document Summary
When people speak about the decline of the family" referring to nuclear family. Nuclear family: consists of a cohabiting man & woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship & have at least one child. Traditional nuclear family: the wife works w/out pay in the home & the husband works outside the home for money. Only 41% of canadian families in 2001 took the form of nuclear family. Functionalists believe that rising rates of crime, illegal drug use, poverty & welfare dependency is b/c so many canadian children are not living in 2 parent households w/ stay-@-home mothers. Polygamy: expands the nuclear family horizontally by adding 1 or more spouses [usually woman] to the household. Extended family: expands the nuclear family vertically by adding another generation one or more of the spouses" parents to the household. Basic building block is the nuclear unit. Involves rights & obligations b/w spouses & b/w spouses and their children.
