Role of family in health & illness

Question 1

Emotional issues that may arise in families w/ step parents?

Answer 1

Resentment towards step parents

anger arising due to divorce

greif arising due to divorce

tension over child custody

resentment towards step siblings

Question 2

Social trends when it comes to partnering & parenting?

Answer 2

Higher average age of first time mothers

More same sex marriages

More births outside marriages

More single parent families

Question 3

Why are people delaying having children?

Answer 3

• Career driven
• Spending longer in education
• Cost of living
• Social views on women staying home

Question 4

Definition of nuclear family?

Answer 4

family consisting of parents (married) & their children, living in one home

Question 5

Definition of extended family?

Answer 5

family which exists beyond nuclear family- grandparents, relatives

Question 6

Definition of arranged marriage?

Answer 6

marital union where bride & groom are selected by family

Question 7

Definition of symmetrical family

Answer 7

family divides all responsibilities equally between partners

Question 8

definition of co-habiting couple family?

Answer 8

a couple who is not married or couple who is in civil partnership live together in same home

Question 9

Definition of same-sex couple?

Answer 9

homosexual couple living together w/ their children

Question 10

Definition of queer family?

Answer 10

family in which some people are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary or queer.

Question 11

Definition of donor conception?

Answer 11

baby conceived by using donated sperm or egg

Question 12

Changing make-up of families?

Answer 12

Number of cohabiting couple families increased over last decade

Number of people living alone increased

Increase number of people aged 20 to 34 living at home w/ parents

Same-sex familied have increased

Question 13

Changing ideas about love & intimacy?

Answer 13

Romantic love is an invention of 18th century

Sex is untied from reproduction

Plastic sexuality- sexuality freed from its intrinsic relation to reproduction

Question 14

Changing ideas about childhood?

Answer 14

Childhood did not exist in medieval time- children portrayed as young adults w/ mature faces

Question 15

role of parents?

Answer 15

• take on responsibility of kids, not exploit them, protect them
• Provide them w/ good education
• Decide for children under age of consent
• Emphasis on child’s agency- consult children about decisions made in their life & have them involved

Question 16

Role of informal caring w/in family?

Answer 16

• Provide emotional support during recovery process
• Financial support- may have to give up job if they are support career
• Practical support- help with daily activities e.g. accessing care packages, feeding, GP appointments

Important that carers receive support- financial, social, physical & emotional