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Family and Socialisation Flashcards

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Childcare

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The role of looking after the children.

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Caring function

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Looking after young, disabled or elderly members of the family.

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Division of labour

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How tasks in the home are organised and divided up between members of the family or household.

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Househusband

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The male parent who stays at home and looks after the children and the house while the mother goes out to work.

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Life expectancy

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The average length of time a person is expected to live.

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Gender roles

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The tasks and expectations assigned to males and females in a society.

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Economic function

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Families are units that earn and spend money.

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Reproductive function

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Families produce the next generation by having children.

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Socialisation function

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The process by which parents teach acceptable behaviour to children.

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Sexual function

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Adults in families have stable sexual relationships.

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Family

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A group of people connected by marriage or blood relationships.

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Nuclear family

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A mother, father and their children.

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Extended family

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A nuclear family with other relatives.

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Household

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The people who live in the same accommodation.

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Single-person household

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A person living on their own due to choice, through relationship breakdown or death of a partner.

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Single-parent household

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One parent living with their children often after divorce, separation or death of a parent.

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Reconstituted family

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A family where at least one child is not common to both adults.

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Civil partnership

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Since 2005 same-sex couples can become civil partners, giving them legal, financial and childcare rights.

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Student household

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A group of non-related students sharing accommodation, eating arrangements and bills.

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Marriage

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The legal partnership between a man and woman.

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Monogamy

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Marriage to one partner at a time.

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Divorce

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The legal ending of a marriage.

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Serial monogamy

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A series of relationships including a pattern of marriage, divorce and then remarriage.

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National Health Service (NHS)

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Provides nursing care for elderly people in addition to health services for the rest of the population.

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Social services

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Provides help for people in their own homes and help fund some residential care.

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Residential care

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For people who cannot stay in there own homes.

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Family size

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The average number of children a woman has.

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Class

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The way society is divided into groups (upper class, middle class and working class) based on job, power or wealth.

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Cohabitation

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Couples live together but are not legally married.

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Arranged marriages

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A marriage where the partners have been chosen by the parents of the bride and groom.

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Contraception

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Use of birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Cereal-packet family

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An ideal nuclear family used in advertising with a housewife and make breadwinner.

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Adoption

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Taking legal responsibility for a child other than your own.

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Child benefit

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A weekly payment to parents to support a child.

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Child Support Act

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Controls the amount an absent parent must pay to the parent who cares for a child.

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Divorce Reform Act

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Allows a couple to divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and mutual consent.

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Parental responsibility

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Parents are to ensure they protect, provide a house, education, medical treatment and discipline their children.

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Children Act

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Five outcomes for children including the right to be healthy and to stay safe.

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Marriage rate

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The number of marriages per 1000 people.

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Divorce rate

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The number of divorces per 1000 people.

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Dual-income households

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A household or family where nth partners go out to work.

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Surrogate mother

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A woman who becomes pregnant with a child for a couple who are unable to have their own.

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Teenage mums

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Girls who have children when they are under the age of 20.

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Social construct

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An idea, such as the age of childhood, which is decided by society.

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Child-centred

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Treating the needs of children as important.

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Pester power

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The power children have over parents to make them buy or do something.

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Tweenager

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A fashion-conscious 8 to 12 year old.

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UN Rights of the Child

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54 rights that all children in the world should be entitled to according to the United Nations.

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