Family and Socialisation Flashcards
Childcare
The role of looking after the children.
Caring function
Looking after young, disabled or elderly members of the family.
Division of labour
How tasks in the home are organised and divided up between members of the family or household.
Househusband
The male parent who stays at home and looks after the children and the house while the mother goes out to work.
Life expectancy
The average length of time a person is expected to live.
Gender roles
The tasks and expectations assigned to males and females in a society.
Economic function
Families are units that earn and spend money.
Reproductive function
Families produce the next generation by having children.
Socialisation function
The process by which parents teach acceptable behaviour to children.
Sexual function
Adults in families have stable sexual relationships.
Family
A group of people connected by marriage or blood relationships.
Nuclear family
A mother, father and their children.
Extended family
A nuclear family with other relatives.
Household
The people who live in the same accommodation.
Single-person household
A person living on their own due to choice, through relationship breakdown or death of a partner.
Single-parent household
One parent living with their children often after divorce, separation or death of a parent.
Reconstituted family
A family where at least one child is not common to both adults.
Civil partnership
Since 2005 same-sex couples can become civil partners, giving them legal, financial and childcare rights.
Student household
A group of non-related students sharing accommodation, eating arrangements and bills.
Marriage
The legal partnership between a man and woman.
Monogamy
Marriage to one partner at a time.
Divorce
The legal ending of a marriage.
Serial monogamy
A series of relationships including a pattern of marriage, divorce and then remarriage.
National Health Service (NHS)
Provides nursing care for elderly people in addition to health services for the rest of the population.
