general paper notes
Family
Characteristics of families today:
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It is the most basic social unit upon which is a society is built
Each member consists of a specific role in the family
e.g. Men are usually seen as the bread winners whereas women are seen to have the prime responsibility of managing household chores.
Modern nuclear families shaped by sentiments such as
1) romantic love between couples
2) idea that women have a maternal instinct and a need to reproduce and care for young children and
3) domesticity (the belief that relationships within family are more binding than those outside it)
Usually consists of 2 parents (a mother and a father) and 2 or 3 children. This is the composition of most families today.
Functions/Outcomes of family:
1) Provide emotional support/ happiness
2) Financial security
3) To raise a family effectively
4) To teach values or impart and perpetuate the traditions and cultures
Families are groups in which people come together to form a strong primary group connection, maintaining emotional ties to one another over a long period of time.
What is the need for a family (importance of family)?
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It is from within a family that a new member of society learns about the wider world outside, and is prepared for his or her own part in it
The need for families is so universal. The main task of the family is to ensure that certain aspects of life, the most obvious reason being the biological need for reproduction, are preserved and will go on into the future.
Families exist to provide a stable and secure environment for children to be born and brought up in.
The family teaches us the rules of behaviors at a very early stage which allows us to live in a society in an orderly way. This is mainly because our social life is far more patterned and organized than we realize.
Our ideas and values are also shaped by the family.
Family provides financial support for its members.
Where children are
Characteristics of families today:
-
-
-
-
It is the most basic social unit upon which is a society is built
Each member consists of a specific role in the family
e.g. Men are usually seen as the bread winners whereas women are seen to have the prime responsibility of managing household chores.
Modern nuclear families shaped by sentiments such as
1) romantic love between couples
2) idea that women have a maternal instinct and a need to reproduce and care for young children and
3) domesticity (the belief that relationships within family are more binding than those outside it)
Usually consists of 2 parents (a mother and a father) and 2 or 3 children. This is the composition of most families today.
Functions/Outcomes of family:
1) Provide emotional support/ happiness
2) Financial security
3) To raise a family effectively
4) To teach values or impart and perpetuate the traditions and cultures
Families are groups in which people come together to form a strong primary group connection, maintaining emotional ties to one another over a long period of time.
What is the need for a family (importance of family)?
-
-
-
It is from within a family that a new member of society learns about the wider world outside, and is prepared for his or her own part in it
The need for families is so universal. The main task of the family is to ensure that certain aspects of life, the most obvious reason being the biological need for reproduction, are preserved and will go on into the future.
Families exist to provide a stable and secure environment for children to be born and brought up in.
The family teaches us the rules of behaviors at a very early stage which allows us to live in a society in an orderly way. This is mainly because our social life is far more patterned and organized than we realize.
Our ideas and values are also shaped by the family.
Family provides financial support for its members.
Where children are