Family and Household Answers

Question 1

First way in which increased life expectancy has affected childhood

Answer 1

1) People are living longer, leading to more active and involved grandparents.
2) Grandparent involvement
3) Grandparents may offer childcare, meaning they spend more time with grandparents and less time with parents
4) Also due to more time being spent, they also financially help the parents

Question 2

Second way in which increased life expectancy has affected childhood

Answer 2

1) Grandparents may need more care
2) less individual care from parents
3) kids feel negative
4) cause conflict within family

Question 3

Analyse two effects that increased choice in personal life has on family structures in the UK today.
One Way is:

Answer 3

1) Decrease is Stigma
2) People now have greater freedom to choose who they form relationships with, leading to an increase in cohabitation, same-sex partnerships
3) sociologists such as Giddens, the concept of the “pure relationship” has become prevalent, where relationships are based on emotional and sexual satisfaction rather than duty or economic necessity.
4) This means that individuals enter and remain in relationships for personal fulfillment, which has led to a change of family structures from the conventional nuclear family.
5) Gay marriage act 2014
6) “Pure Relationship” leads to more choice when a relationship ends cause when the emotional and sexual needs are gone, more chance of divorce.

Question 4

Another effect that increased choice in personal life is

Question 5

Evaluate the Marxist explanations of the role of families in society today.

Question 6

marxism question

Answer 6

althusser who believes the family acts as a ideological state apparatus creating children kids who are obedient through primary socialisation ( family) who are taught not to go against capatalist views
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engles believe family acts as a institution which promotes nuclear family he believes this promoted so assets can be passed down providing no social mobility( rich stay rich)
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critics
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Parsons warm bath theory criticised by zaretsky who claims it ignores inequality in the family such as domestic and also creates a false consciousness