Personal Life perspective On The Family

Question 1

What do the PLP assume

Answer 1

Tend to assume that the traditional nuclear family is the dominant type of family

Question 2

Smart

Answer 2

The concept of family is too often associated with value judgements about ‘ideal’ or ‘normal’ types - the concept of personal life is more neutral

Question 3

Allan and crow

Answer 3

The life course has become far more complex in contemporary society

Question 4

Nordqvist and Smart

Answer 4

Suggest that in cases such as adoption, parents are not biologically connected to their children - this doesn’t mean that there isn’t a strong bond

Question 5

Vanessa May

Answer 5

Many couples do not enjoy the same level of choice and Freedom because of economic or cultural constraints therefore people do not have as much choice as individualisation suggests

Question 6

Pahl and Spencer

Answer 6

‘Family’ is no longer useful to describe personal relationships in the 21st century as people no longer feel they have to maintain relationships with other kin out of duty or obligation - instead people are more likely to subscribe to personal communities