Applied Sociology Within the Family

Applied Sociology within the Family Applied sociology is a part of everyday life. Families experience sociological changes when parents get divorced, a new job is taken, or they get discriminated against. Most people may not think of family as a small society, micro level society, within itself. All families have a hierarchy of power beginning with the head of the household which tends to be the father. The way a family forms its own small society is interesting. Family roles have change dramatically. Fifty to sixty years ago, families were merely based on the degree of precision and the roles performed by the parents. Now days the primary family roles which were initially the husband’s responsibility such as income, household repairs, car maintenance, and paying the bills, have disbursed to the wives and children. Today, wives share if not completely take over the primary roles and do not only hold the responsibility for cooking, taking care of the children, and performing the household chores. With the macro level of society constantly changing, family roles must adapt and both the husband and wives individual roles must be shared to successfully continue the family function. People survive through the ability to communicate. Communication allows families to uphold important relationships throughout their lives. With the adequate effort, these relationships can help hold together the family functions. In chapter three of the book “Society the basics” elaborates on how the family, although a small part of society as a whole, may be the most important socializing agent of all (Macionis, 2009).
Socialization occurs from infancy to old age and never resides. The strength of one side of each relationship within the family helps sustain the other side of the relationship and in turn helps create other relationships (Macionis, 2009). Within a family, the parents’ relationship controls the environment for the rest of the members’ ability to attain positive and

References: Applied Sociology. Sociology and your Family. Retrieved from Applied Sociologies Website: http://www.appliedsoc.org/family/ Macionis, John J. (2009). Society: The Basics. 10th Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc.