The New Right on the Family
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- The New Right on the Family
- General Views
- See the family as the coner stone of the family
- The "normal" family is the heterosexual nuclear family
- in recent years there has been a growing concern for the family as it is underthreat
- Family diversity is rising
- This is seen as "moral decay"
- call for a return to traditional family values
- Social Changes that are causing the breakdown of family life
- in recent years there has been a growing concern for the family as it is underthreat
- Lone Parent Families
- Fatherless families
- High Divorce Rates
- Cohabitation
- Same-sex Couples
- What caused these social changes?
- The New Right on the Family
- General Views
- See the family as the coner stone of the family
- The "normal" family is the heterosexual nuclear family
- Family diversity is rising
- This is seen as "moral decay"
- call for a return to traditional family values
- Social Changes that are causing the breakdown of family life
- Lone Parent Families
- Fatherless families
- High Divorce Rates
- Cohabitation
- Same-sex Couples
- What caused these social changes?
- A breakdown of traditional values
- overgenerous benefits to single mothers
- this allows fathers to opt out of their responsibilities to the child
- the influence of feminism
- devalued marriage, domesticity, and childrearing
- encouraged women to seek fulfilment outside of the home
- increased sexual permissiveness
- greater tolerance of sam-sex couples
- consequences of social changes
- the 'fragmented family' is no longer performing its functions effectively
- children and young people under-achieve at school and behave in anti-social ways
- 'fragmented family' is no longer providing adequate socialisation
- children and young people under-achieve at school and behave in anti-social ways
- 'fragmented family' is no longer providing adequate socialisation
- "overgenerous" benefits can lead to welfare dependancy
- the 'fragmented family' is no longer performing its functions effectively
- Solutions to these problems
- consequences of social changes
- the 'fragmented family' is no longer performing its functions effectively
- children and young people under-achieve at school and behave in anti-social ways
- children and young people under-achieve at school and behave in anti-social ways
- "overgenerous" benefits can lead to welfare dependancy
- the 'fragmented family' is no longer performing its functions effectively
- A return to traditional family values
- life-long marriage, recognition of duties and responsibilities of parenthood
- A change in government policy
- redirection benefits and social service provision to support and maintain 2-parent familes
- consequences of social changes
- Dennis and Erdos
- The rise in number of children brought up without fathers is worrying
- these children are associated with antisocial behaviour, criminality, delinquency and educational under-achievement
- Criticisms
- underplay the role of poverty
- is this because of a lack of father or because of the unemployment rate?
- these children are associated with antisocial behaviour, criminality, delinquency and educational under-achievement
- do lone parent families do "on average worse" because of a lack of father or because the income of a single parent is 43% of that of a two parent family
- The rise in number of children brought up without fathers is worrying
- Single Parents
- Murray
- Single parents are the heart of the underclass
- the most underprivileged part of society
- They socialise their children into a culture revolving around crime, delinquency, anti-authority, anti-work, and anti-family
- girls deliberately get pregnant in order to receive state benefits
- Single parents are the heart of the underclass
- there is a connection between one parents families, educational underachievement, and delinquency
- children in these families may lack self-discipline and be emotionally disturbed
- African-Caribbean crime and urban riots are due to "inferior" civilisation in one parent families
- Murray
- Criticisms
- Chester
- The dominant ideology that stresses the nuclear family is the ideal family type leads to negative labelling of one parent families by social agencies
- eg. teachers, social workers
- this can lead to a self-fufilling propechy
- rejects the view that "inferior" parenting is the cause of problems
- The dominant ideology that stresses the nuclear family is the ideal family type leads to negative labelling of one parent families by social agencies
- Argues to cause a "moral panic" has resulted from the "back to basics" campaign against single mothers
- labels children from one parents families as "potential trouble"
- Popay
- social agencies may end up viewing the absence of a parent as automatically problematic
- consider every family type that is not nuclear as inferior
- who is to say this?
- present an idealisaed view of the past
- Chester
- General Views
- A breakdown of traditional values
- overgenerous benefits to single mothers
- this allows fathers to opt out of their responsibilities to the child
- the influence of feminism
- devalued marriage, domesticity, and childrearing
- encouraged women to seek fulfilment outside of the home
- increased sexual permissiveness
- greater tolerance of sam-sex couples
- The New Right on the Family
- Solutions to these problems
- A return to traditional family values
- life-long marriage, recognition of duties and responsibilities of parenthood
- A change in government policy
- redirection benefits and social service provision to support and maintain 2-parent familes
- A return to traditional family values
- Dennis and Erdos
- The rise in number of children brought up without fathers is worrying
- Criticisms
- underplay the role of poverty
- is this because of a lack of father or because of the unemployment rate?
- do lone parent families do "on average worse" because of a lack of father or because the income of a single parent is 43% of that of a two parent family
- The rise in number of children brought up without fathers is worrying
- Single Parents
- Murray
- Single parents are the heart of the underclass
- the most underprivileged part of society
- They socialise their children into a culture revolving around crime, delinquency, anti-authority, anti-work, and anti-family
- girls deliberately get pregnant in order to receive state benefits
- Single parents are the heart of the underclass
- there is a connection between one parents families, educational underachievement, and delinquency
- children in these families may lack self-discipline and be emotionally disturbed
- African-Caribbean crime and urban riots are due to "inferior" civilisation in one parent families
- Murray
- Criticisms
- Chester
- The dominant ideology that stresses the nuclear family is the ideal family type leads to negative labelling of one parent families by social agencies
- eg. teachers, social workers
- this can lead to a self-fufilling propechy
- rejects the view that "inferior" parenting is the cause of problems
- The dominant ideology that stresses the nuclear family is the ideal family type leads to negative labelling of one parent families by social agencies
- Argues to cause a "moral panic" has resulted from the "back to basics" campaign against single mothers
- labels children from one parents families as "potential trouble"
- Popay
- social agencies may end up viewing the absence of a parent as automatically problematic
- consider every family type that is not nuclear as inferior
- who is to say this?
- present an idealisaed view of the past
- Chester
- General Views
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