SOCL 2505 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stepfamily
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No: today"s families are vastly different, single parent,gay/lesbian,mixed ethnic & racal, etc, increase in divorce, child bearing outside of marriage, cohabitation, no children or waiting longer to have a child, blended (step parents, modern family video, diversity can either be tolerated or of no great concern. Traditional/ conservative viewpoint: main reason for marriage is to have children, nuclear family, marriage is between man and woman, children should come after marriage, diversification of families is producing negative outcomes for children, marriage movement movement away from nuclear family, conservatives also favor public policy that encourages and promotes marriage as the way out of problems. How you define a family depends on what question you answer: voluntary childless, blended or reconstituted family or without children, homosexual couples with or without children, single parent, family of origin (mom,dad, siblings, extended family, cohabitating family (two people living together without marriage)
