Family Diversity mindmap - How are families diverse?
a mindmap on the different ways that families can differ from each other
- Created by: Phil
- Created on: 09-05-13 13:15
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- Family Diversity
- family structure
- how the members make up the family
- Nuclear, extended, one parent, re-constituted etc...
- how the members make up the family
- family size
- varietion in number of members and how many members in each position
- whether there is one or two parents, whether grandparents or uncles/aunts live with the family, and number of children all count towards the varietion in family size
- varietion in number of members and how many members in each position
- Family relationships
- how the members interact eg. caring, economical support and provision
- Family roles
- how the labour is divided between members
- a family might have both parents working or just one, the children may contribute to the housework eg. doing dishes, or they may never do domestic work
- how the labour is divided between members
- family sexuality
- whether the parents or other senior members are homosexual or not
- quality of life
- some families will live in poverty while some families may consider going on holidays and eating at restaurants as important parts of family life
- how the family came together
- whether divorce was involved, parents were cohabitating before marriage or if the parents are even married at all
- if the children( if children are members in the family) were legitimate or not or if they were adopted
- Ethnicity
- families may come from an ethnic background different to the norm in their society they reside in
- families may constitute of members from different ethnic backgrounds or members of dual heritage
- this results in ethnic hybrids
- family structure
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