Sociology family
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- Sociology family
- Different types of family
- Boomerang Families.
- They are a family in which non-dependent children return home to live with their parents.
- Beanpole Families.
- They are a tall narrow extended family consisting of four or more generations.
- Nuclear Families.
- They are a two generation family consisting of parents and their dependent children.
- Traditional Extended- Families.
- They are a three generation family in which family members have frequent face to face contact.
- Reconstructed families.
- They are a family in which one or both of the partners have been married or cohabited before and have had children, resolving this to create step-children.
- Lone-Parent Families.
- They are a family in which a mother or father living without a partner and their dependent children.
- Symmetrical Families.
- They are a family in which conjugal roles are similar but not identical.
- Boomerang Families.
- What is family?
- It consists of people that are related by blood, marriage, adoption, cohabitation or civil partnership.
- What is divorce?
- A legal termination of a marriage, leaving the couple to remarry.
- What effects does divorce on children?
- short term distress in common.
- there is a risk of longer term problems {poor health, education, behaviour} but many kids do not experience them.
- Parents ability to cope, amount of conflict and quality of contact with the absent parent do effect.
- Abuse within the family
- Child abuse is harm caused to a child or young person under 18 by an adult.
- Domestic violence is threatening behaviour committed by a family member against another
- The dark side of the family is a situation in which family life damages its members,
- Different types of family
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