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‘Assess the view that the extended family remains as important now as it was in the past’’ (24 marks)
Although family types have changed over the last 50 years due to Industrialisation, the extended family has been the most important family type over the period of time and still remains as important today, as back in the 1750’s you needed you extended family to preform family functions as the family back then was self-sufficient although nowadays the extended family roles has changed as adults are now more financially independent and do not have to rely on family for money but the extended family still tend to be there for emotional support through technology MOBILE PHONE, COMPUTERS ECT rather than living in the same house.
During pre-industrialisation times (1750’s) Families lived in an extend family household because they need to fulfil certain functions/ roles and they also need to be self-sufficient within the family and also because society was kinship based and people’s status was based on their position within their family, this is called ascribed status. Talcott parsons said that the extended family was very common during this time due to agricultural and cottage industries where they needed large families to perform their functions that needed doing. However Peter Laslett looked at church records during this time and found out that only 10% of families were in fact extended and the nuclear family was the norm of this time as extended families were no living together in the same house, this could be due to life expectancy at the time, as back then you would only be expected to live to around 40 years of age.
Early industrialisation led to huge change within family types as the emergence of urbanisation happened where people mover from rural areas to urban areas in towns and cities based around factories and mills which allowed people to work, which came with small houses provided by their bosses. Due to geographical mobility the nuclear family
Although family types have changed over the last 50 years due to Industrialisation, the extended family has been the most important family type over the period of time and still remains as important today, as back in the 1750’s you needed you extended family to preform family functions as the family back then was self-sufficient although nowadays the extended family roles has changed as adults are now more financially independent and do not have to rely on family for money but the extended family still tend to be there for emotional support through technology MOBILE PHONE, COMPUTERS ECT rather than living in the same house.
During pre-industrialisation times (1750’s) Families lived in an extend family household because they need to fulfil certain functions/ roles and they also need to be self-sufficient within the family and also because society was kinship based and people’s status was based on their position within their family, this is called ascribed status. Talcott parsons said that the extended family was very common during this time due to agricultural and cottage industries where they needed large families to perform their functions that needed doing. However Peter Laslett looked at church records during this time and found out that only 10% of families were in fact extended and the nuclear family was the norm of this time as extended families were no living together in the same house, this could be due to life expectancy at the time, as back then you would only be expected to live to around 40 years of age.
Early industrialisation led to huge change within family types as the emergence of urbanisation happened where people mover from rural areas to urban areas in towns and cities based around factories and mills which allowed people to work, which came with small houses provided by their bosses. Due to geographical mobility the nuclear family