Assess the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm. (24 marks) In this essay I will be assessing the view of different sociologists concerning the question ‘is the nuclear family no longer the norm?’‚ from this essay I should be able to conclude if it is in fact still the norm or not. First of all‚ in 1969 the Divorce Reform Act was put into place which enabled people to get a divorce easily compared to before. With this law people could simply say that the marriage wasn’t working out
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Today divorce is very common and it affects many families and children around the world. Many kids are deeply affected by this and their parents need to know how to help them get through this tough time. Over the past year there have been over one million children affected by divorce‚ and more than about 800‚000 divorces in the United States alone. (Cohen and Weitzman). The reaction the child is usually involved with the age of the child from infants all the way to adolescents. They all have different
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divorce rate in the United States is believed to be around fifty percent. Forty percent of the children in this country will experience parental divorce. Children who experience parental divorce are impacted in many different ways including emotionally‚ academically‚ and socially. The effects that divorce have on children can remain with them into adulthood. It is important to understand that children are affected just as much as‚ if not more than‚ their parents when going through a divorce. They
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Effects of Divorce on Children Elizabeth O’Connor Psychology 210 Liberty University Online Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to examine the effects divorce has on children. This paper will look at several areas of child development and introduce some statistics on children affected by divorce. It will discuss pre and post-divorce family environments and the factors that lead to it‚ as well as the effects 25 years post-divorce. It will also summarize studies conducted by other
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Maltreatment in Children and Its Effects When the term maltreatment comes to mind‚ we often think of many things. Whether it is physical abuse‚ mental abuse‚ or neglect‚ one term that does not always come up is malnutrition. Malnutrition is defined as‚ "Faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization (Dictionary.com)." Malnutrition is usually associated with third world countries and the families who live there who are poor and
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The Effect of Divorce on Children According to Berk (2008)‚ 45% of American marriages end in divorce and half of those involve children. The effect divorce has on children is critical knowledge that people need to understand to be able to help these children overcome the behavioral‚ emotional‚ and social problems that they acquire during this time. There are four studies in particular that I have found that have quite fascinating results. The first article that I discovered was from Andreas
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“Tug-of-love” Children and Stepfamilies. Everybody knows that family is a way of stable and happy life‚ but occasionally something happens and its happiness and wealth break down and family breaks down too‚ it is going through divorce‚ hence this may cause formation of step-families and ‘tug-of-love’ children as well. Every thirty seconds‚ a child’s parents divorce. According to some experts‚ divorce is the single most traumatic experience in a child’s life. For the 1.1 million children in the United
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psychological effects of divorce on children can become very damaging. Divorce can be a profound catalyst for psychological‚ social‚ and economic change. A lot of parents’ do not fully understand how much their divorce can almost ruin their child’s life‚ especially their adulthood. Divorce deeply affects everyone involved‚ especially children. It is extremely vital that every parent going through a divorce be aware of the consequences their divorce can have have on their children. The greatest
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studies done on the effects of television on children. Most of these studies have leaned toward the negative effects that television has on children. According to a study by the University of Michigan‚ even though television can have positive effects it can also affect the health‚ behavior and family life of children in negative ways. Also while studies have been done on the effects that television has on children under the age of two there has been no clear evidence on the effects. Some studies have
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