personal life perspective

Question 1

what do they focus on

Answer 1

Peoples meanings, the personal life perspective draws on out attention to a range of other personal or intimate relationships that are important to people even though they may not be conventionally defined as family

Question 2

types of ‘families’

Answer 2

1. Relationship with friends
2. Fictive kin
3. Gay and Lesbian chosen families
4. Relationships with dead relatives
5. Pets

Question 3

donor conceived children

Answer 3

Smart argues that some parents emphasised the importance of social relationships over genetic ones in forming family bonds.

Question 4

eval

Answer 4

They take a very broad view. By including a wide range of personal relationships we ignore what is special about relationships that are based on blood or marriage.