Family And Childhood

Question 1

What is childhood

Answer 1

A social construct meaning created by society.

Question 2

What is childhood seen as?

Answer 2

A golden age, a special time in an individuals life as children as seen as happy and innocent .

Question 3

What does Stephen wagg believe about childhood?

Answer 3

He believes that childhood is socially constructed, it is what members of society define it as. There is no universal single childhood. And that childhood should be distinguished as mere biological immaturity

Question 4

What was childhood like in earlier time periods?

Answer 4

Philippe Aries argues in the 10-13th century childhood didn’t exist.
In the Middle Ages children entered the world as adults

Question 5

How has childhood changed in modern years?

Answer 5

Things have changed for children as they have schools, clothing just for them, and laws restricting child labour and minimum ages to do certain things (like smoke or have sex)

Question 6

What does Neil post nah argue about the future of childhood?

Answer 6

Neil post nah argues childhood is disappearing and there is now evidence to suggest there is a blur between childhood and adulthood and the later stages are muddled

Question 7

The information hierarchy

Answer 7

Children were excluded from having knowledge (knowledge=power)

Question 8

What % of children are born outside of a marriage?

Answer 8

Nearly 47% (most of these birth were jointly registered)

Question 9

What are the reasons for children being born outside a marriage?

Answer 9

• women being more career driven

- only 28% of 25-34 year olds think marriage should come before parenthood

Question 10

What percentage of children are raised in a lone parent household?

Answer 10

1/4. 25%

Question 11

What can material deprivation in families lead to?

Answer 11

overcrowding this can lead to:

• development impaired due to lack of space
• moving housing frequently
• I’ll health (bad housing conditions)
• more psychological stress

Question 12

How does diet and health effect families?

Answer 12

• poor nutrition (weaker immune system)
• more absences in school (Illnesses)
• lower energy levels

Question 13

Why does Emily Turner believe about the costs of school?

Answer 13

That costs of items places a heavy burden on poor families

Question 14

What do the working class believe about university?

Answer 14

That university = debt

• they believe there is more costs than benefits if uni
• W/C have a bigger fear of debt than others

Question 15

What are the reasons for an increase in line parent house holds?

Answer 15

Increase is due to divorce and a lack of stigma attached to those having children

Question 16

What did Jean renvoize find about women in lone family households?

Answer 16

She found professional women are able to support the child without the fathers involvement

Question 17

In lone black households who is usually the parent?

Answer 17

The mother

Question 18

How are Asian families different to others?

Answer 18

Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian house holds tend to be larger then other ethnicities

Question 19

What is the beanpole family?

Answer 19

A family extended vertically not horizontally through 3 or more generations, doesn’t involve aunts, uncles, cousins etc

Question 20

What does fletcher argue about families?

Answer 20

That healthcare, housing and education since the industrial revolution helped support families perform its functions

Question 21

What is the nuclear family?

Answer 21

2 generations family man + woman with kids

Question 22

What is the extended family?

Answer 22

Any group of kin extended beyond nuclear family

Question 23

What is the reconstituted family?

Answer 23

A step family, children from previous relationship

Question 24

What is the symmetrical family?

Answer 24

Nuclear family where both men and women work and clean

Question 25

What is a same sex family?

Answer 25

Family but parents are same sex

Question 26

What is a lone parent family?

Answer 26

Only 1 parent

Question 27

What is a single person hosuehold?

Answer 27

Only 1 person living in the household

Question 28

What is the matriarchal family?

Answer 28

When mother has whole control over family

Question 29

What is a patriarchal family?

Answer 29

When father has whole control over family

Question 30

What is the division of labour?

Answer 30

The household work split between the family

Question 31

What do functionalists believe about the family?

Answer 31

Murdock arugues the family has 4 essential functions to meet the needs of society and it’s members:

1. stable satisfaction of the sex drive
2. reproduction of next generation
3. socialisation of the young
4. meeting economic needs(food+shelter)

Question 32

What are pardons 2 functions of the family?

Answer 32

1. primary socialisation of children: basic skills + society values
2. stability of adult personalities: adults relax and release tensions

Question 33

What are the 2 essential needs of industrial society?

Answer 33

1. A geographical workforce: people can move around the world to where work is
2. A socially mobile workforce: evolution of science and technology, increased skills expected for jobs

Question 34

What is the cereal packet family?

Answer 34

It is a functionalist concept that argues the idealised version of the family is the nuclear family (but straight parents with kids)