The idea that relationships between husbands and wives are now equal
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When husbands and wives share responsibilities in the household
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When husband and wife have separate roles in the household, e.g. husbands are the breadwinners and women are housewives.
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Increasingly children are places at the centre of the family and given more status/decision making power.
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The argument that childhood has been extended, possibly because young people now have to stay in education for longer and parents have more income to spend on them.
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A term developed by Heath (2004) referring to young people who continue to live with their parents in early adulthood to save money, but are eroding their parents savings
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A term developed by Giddens – refers to the idea that we are less committed to long term relationships and more likely to pursue more superficial short term relationships that might be more convenient
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Beck & beck Gersheim argue that we are no longer bound by traditional family obligations and are free to pursue our own individual interests. They argue this has led to family diversity.
