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Foster

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Working class families were more likely to be extended and live only a few streets away
Mothers and daughters had a close, strong bond
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Phillipson and Downs

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Grandparents saw grandchildren frequently

Technology was used to keep in touch with extended kin

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Ross

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Positive about being a grandparent
Bridge to the past
There for childcare and support especially in times of conflict

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Brannen

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Bean pole families - lots of generations but very few people in each generation
Due to life expectancy, decline in fertility rate and increase in divorce

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Berthoud

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Attitudes of A/C women reflects modern individualism
A/C women more likely to be employed than men and rationally weigh up the costs of marriage as they prefer to be economically independent

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Chamberlain and Gilbourne

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A/C women are supported by extended kin which often extends to friends
Neighbours are ‘aunts and uncles’

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Rapport

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Middle class parents more child centred, higher interest in schooling.
Assumes W/C don't care -poverty and lack of material support could be factors
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Gottman

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No side effects of gender identification for children from same-sex families
Just as likely to be heterosexual

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Dunne

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Kids from same-sex couples are more likely to be tolerant and see equality as an important feature of their relationships

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Beck and Beck-Gernsheim

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Choice, conflict and individualisation

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