changes in the family

Question 1

Whats the cereal packet family?

Answer 1

Promoted nuclear families to be the norms of society

Question 2

Whats stage 1 of family life

Answer 2

Pre-industrial family
family is a production unit and work together in factories (agriculture)

Question 3

Whats stage 2 of family life

Answer 3

Early industrial family- TORN APART
long working hours meant men didnt spend much time with wives and children- kinship extended

Question 4

Whats stage 3 of family life

Answer 4

Symmetrical family
developed in middle classes - nuclear, home centred and privatised

Question 5

Whats the child-centred family?

Answer 5

Parents are more involved in their children
Parents satisfy childrens demands
Money is spent on childcare and activities
More individual care

Question 6

Whats the symmetrical family?

Answer 6

Roles of men and women become more equal
Women getting more jobs, men take care of children
‘new men’

Question 7

Whys there a decline in family size?

Answer 7

Women have children later
Social trends
Women getting more jobs- more focused on careers
Cheaper
Couples having less children

Question 8

Divorce increase

Answer 8

Changing roles
Relationships arent working as well
Fewer people marrying
Changes in law
Expensive