The family is an example of a social structure. It is made up of a group of people in society related by blood or marriage‚ ties or strong bond‚ usually consisting of one or two parents and their children. Social structure is the unique organised arrangement of social relationships and social institutions that make up society. Social structures are present in society and affect all parts of human experience. It enables individuals in the society to interact and live together. This essay will compare
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MARRIED NUCLEAR FAMILY The nuclear family or elementary family is a term used to define a family group consisting of a pair of adults and their children. This is in contrast to a single-parent family‚ to the larger extended family‚ and to a family with more than two parents. Nuclear families typically center on a married couple; the nuclear family may have any number of children. There are differences in definition among observers; some definitions allow only biological children that are full-blood
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is known as a family which contains two parents and one child the nuclear family creates a stable environment so children raised in this family with the same parents during their growing years have a higher likelihood of having stability in their relationship and emotional bonding. Also this family provides a sense of consistency because when children grow up in a nuclear family‚ they get a sense consistency‚ especially when it also includes closeness with other members of the family such as grandparents
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Now days we rarely see joint family. But I believe that Joint family have more advantages than nuclear family.Basically we have to understand what a joint family means‚ our father says‚ his siblings and their families living together can be considered a joint family.In joint families all the family members sit together and discuss their own promblems with the family members. In nuclear families there are only the parents and the children.The advantage is that you can spends more time with your children
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Is the nuclear family bad/harmful for its members? This is an essay in which I will attempt to evaluate the premise of whether a nuclear family is bad for its members using differences between the Functionalist perspectives of the family against the contrasting view of the Marxist and Feminist approach. I will outline the main approaches from all three and draw a conclusion. Sexual – The family legitimises sex for the adult members. This closed unit allows the male to fulfil his natural
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The United States had appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950s. As the commotions of the first half of the century ended‚ people were relieved but faced oncoming internal issues. The Great Depression and the two Great Wars caused people to seek tranquility and harmony. The fifties were the decade of change led by president Eisenhower. During this time the nation was in an up rise in many ways. The economy was booming as the Gross National Product more than doubled from the
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‘Assess the functionalist view of the family?’ Functionalist looks at society on a macro level. It is a consensus theory and structuralists prefer to use functionalism as it agrees with their ideals and models and they prefer to look at society as a whole. Functionalists are interested in studying what family is most functional. This essay will assess how functionalists view point of the family by exploring Murdock‚ Comte‚ Parsons and Durkheim‚ the founder of functionalism‚ ideas and evaluating
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Examine the functionalist’s perspective on the family. In this essay the functionalist’s perspective will be examined on their viewpoint of the family. Also Marxists‚ feminists and new rights perspective will be taken into consideration. The overall functionalist theory on the family is that it performs positive functions for individuals and society. One of the most influential functionalists was Talcott parson whose understanding of the family was that it provides the primary socialisation of
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Families provide people with an atmosphere in which to live‚ grow‚ and develop. A family culture is established by the parents and instilled in the children during their upbringing. A healthy family is a family which follows a set of strong morals‚ stays loyal to one another‚ cooperates‚ and works together to avoid conflict. An environment where there is openness amongst family members is ideal because minds that are open are more susceptible to avoiding conflict than minds that are closed. If
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control everything in it including the family. This kind of system could be seen as a capitalist society which means it makes the rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer. In addition‚ Zaretsky(1976) sees the nuclear family as a contributing factor to the capitalist system for a number of reasons. For example‚ the family consumes the commodities produced by capitalism that helps the bourgeoisie to make profits‚ but this is negative for the proletariat family as they spend their money to help the
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