Interpretivist - family life
- Created by: Kate
- Created on: 20-05-14 09:32
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- Interpretivists
- focused on researching how children see and interpret the world around them
- critical of functionalist and new right
- assume that children are simply empty vessels
- family life is presented as a one-way process in which parenting and socialisation aim to transform children into good citizens
- this view ignores the fact that children have their own unique interpretation of family life
- they actively employ in interaction with their parents
- assume that children are simply empty vessels
- relationships between parents and children is a two way process
- children can and do influence the nature and quality of family life
- Morrow (1998)
- found that children can be constructive and reflective contributors to family life
- most children in study had a pragmatic view of their family role
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