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Social Institutions “The Family”

Social Institutions “The Family”. So, what exactly is a family ?. The Debate over Family Definitions : a group of people related by either blood, marriage, or adoption a social institution that unites individuals into cooperative groups that care for one another, including any children

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Social Institutions “The Family”

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  1. Social Institutions“The Family”

  2. So, what exactly is a family? The Debate over Family Definitions: • a group of people related by either blood, marriage, or adoption • a social institution that unites individuals into cooperative groups that care for one another, including any children • people with or without legal or blood ties who feel they belong together - definition varies from society to society - definition can change over time “Family has the greatest impact on human behavior”

  3. Family of Orientation:family that one is born into • Gives name identity • Give heritage • Gives ascribed status • Grants orientation to the world Family of Procreation:established upon marriage • Legal to have children • Gives name • Becomes ones family of orientation • Grants orientation to the world

  4. Basic Types of Families Nuclear Family: family structure comprised of parent(s) and children Extended Family: family structure comprised of two or more generations of adults who live in the same household & share economic resources

  5. Which Sitcom Represents Which? Family Matters The Simpsons

  6. Additions to Family Types Blended Family: family structure formed when at least partner in a marriage has been married before and has children from the previous marriage Single Parent Family: family structure in which one parent is head of household raising children without other parent

  7. Additions to Family Types Childless Family: family structure in which the married couple choose to or cannot have children Same Sex Family: family structure composed of a homosexual couple living together as a family with or without children

  8. Which Sitcom Represents Which? Modern Family King of Queens The Brady Bunch Full House

  9. Family Structure

  10. Marriage Two Basic Forms of Marriage • Monogamy: marriage between one man & one women • Polygamy: marriage of man/women to more than one person Two Types of Marriage • Exogamy: marriage to person outside kind or group • Result: Heterogamy (different) • Ex: outside blood line • Endogamy: marriage to person inside kind or group • Result: Homogamy (similar) • Ex: within race/age/caste

  11. Reasons for Marriage • Love • Arrangement • Economic Benefit • Social Class • Companionship

  12. Reasons for Divorce • Personal Factors • - age - years -quality • Societal Factors • - economic changes • - generational change • - independence • - values/attitudes of society 10% of American adults over age 15 are divorced! Divorce rate is ten times what it was a century ago!

  13. Recent Family Trends Ways in which American families are changing: • Cohabitation: people living together without marrying • 500,000 in 1970 to 5.6 million in 2005 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006) • 9% of all couples (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005) • Postponing Marriage: people are delaying marriage • 1950 average median age for marriage was 20.3 (women) & 22.8 (men) • 2003 average median age jumped to 25.3 (women) & 27.1 (men) (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004) • Single Parents: children being raised by just one parent • 2005 1 in 3 families with children under 18 had just one parent in the household 9 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006) • Since 1970 the number has more than doubled • Same-Sex Families: movement to win the right to marry • 25% of same-sex couples are raising children (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002) • Mothers Joining the Workforce: • 18% of young children are spending time in child-care programs (Urban Institute, 2004)

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