Personal life perspective

Question 1

General

Answer 1

Criticises existing theories of family:

1. Assume nuclear family to be dominant type
2. All structural theories

Look beyond traditional “blood and marriage” view of families, focus of what people interpret to be families-“families of choice”

Question 2

Tipper

Answer 2

Children (and increasingly adults) see pets as part of their family, often beyond those related by “blood and marriage”

Question 3

Nordqvist and Smart

Answer 3

Donor conceived children-investigated what amounted to be family “when your child shares a genetic link with a relative stranger but not your partner”, different for each family