SOCL 2001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Nuclear Family, Child Care, Proletariat
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What is a family: primary social group, first agent of socialization. Inter-dependents parts: child care, characteristics organization, budget management, pattern of functioning, sub-systems, caring of dependents, schooling, etc. Traditional view of family: a group of kin united by blood, marriage, adoption, who share a common residence for some part of their lives and who assume reciprocal rights and obligation with regard to one another. Non-traditional view of family: broader and more comprehensive portrayal of intimate relationships that often fall outside of fixed legal boundaries, same sex couple, heterosexual cohabiting couple, with/out children. To address the (cid:271)road(cid:374)ess : leading academic journal, title changed in 2011. Journal of marriage and the family to journal of marriage and family. Typology: nuclear family, husband, wife, with or without children, extended family: include other nuclear families, asian families, modified extended families: not a traditional extended family, separate household, but maintain frequent contacts with other nuclear families.
