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Nuclear Family Article:

Nuclear Family Article:. 1. What changes surprised you the most? 2. What does the article say about the status of the traditional “nuclear family?” 3. Do you think the disappearance of the nuclear family is a societal problem?. Chapter 18-The Family. The Family as a Social Institution .

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Nuclear Family Article:

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  1. Nuclear Family Article: 1. What changes surprised you the most? 2. What does the article say about the status of the traditional “nuclear family?” 3. Do you think the disappearance of the nuclear family is a societal problem?

  2. Chapter 18-The Family

  3. The Family as a Social Institution • WHAT is a family? • HOW are families in the United States changing? • WHY is there a debate over the future of the family?

  4. Family • Social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children

  5. Types of Families • Family of Orientation • Family of Procreation • Extended Family • Nuclear Family

  6. Types of Families (cont.) • Family of Orientation • The nuclear family we are born into (parents, siblings) • Family of Procreation • The family we create upon marriage, having kids, etc.

  7. Types of Families (cont.) • Extended Family • Family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin • Nuclear Family • Family composed of one or two parents and their children

  8. Marriage Patterns Around the World • Endogamy- marriages between people of same social category • Exogamy- marriages between people of different social categories

  9. Marriage Patterns Around the World • Monogamy- marriage that unites two partners • Polygamy- marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses • Polygyny- many wives • Polyandry- many husbands

  10. Patriarchy in Marriage Patterns • In history, many traditions have lead to • Patrilocality (married couple lives near husband’s family) • Patrilineal descent- tracing kinship through men and the father’s family • Today, it is still common for men to be heads of households, for women to take the man’s last name and for children to have the last name of their father

  11. The Functions of the Family • Socialization • Regulation of Sexual Activity • Social Placement • Material and Emotional Security

  12. Conflict Analysis of Family • Ways that the Family creates social inequality: • Property and Inheritance • Patriarchy • Race and Ethnicity

  13. Symbolic Interaction Analysis • Families allow people to create emotional bonds as families experience intimacy in everyday situations.

  14. Baby Jessica and our Class Definition of the Family

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