The extended family today- families and households

Question 1

What did functionalists such as parsons say about the extended family?

Answer 1

• the extended family was the dominant family type in pre-industrial society, but in modern industrial society it is replaced by the nuclear family

Question 2

Nickie Charles 2005

Answer 2

• the classic three generations family all living together is pretty much extinct apart from for the Bangladesh community
• contact remain high between mothers and daughters but not so much between siblings
• Some people eve class their friends as family

Question 3

peter willmott

Answer 3

‘dispersed extended family’- relatives are geographically separated but maintain frequent contact through texts and phone calls

Question 4

Finch and Mason

Answer 4

females have more expectations in the family