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• 1. What changes surprised you the most?

• 2. What does the article say about the status of the traditional “nuclear family?”

• 3. Do you think the disappearance of the nuclear family is a societal problem?

Chapter 18-The Family

The Family as a Social Institution

WHAT is a family?

HOW are families in the United States changing?

WHY is there a debate over the future of the family?

FamilySocial institution found in all

societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children

Types of Families Family of Orientation

Family of Procreation

Extended Family

Nuclear Family

Types of Families (cont.)Family of Orientation

The nuclear family we are born into (parents, siblings)

Family of Procreation The family we create upon marriage,

having kids, etc.

Types of Families (cont.)Extended Family

Family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin

Nuclear Family Family composed of one or two

parents and their children

Marriage Patterns Around the WorldEndogamy- marriages

between people of same social category

Exogamy- marriages between people of different social categories

Marriage Patterns Around the WorldMonogamy- marriage that

unites two partnersPolygamy- marriage that

unites a person with two or more spousesPolygyny- many wivesPolyandry- many husbands

Patriarchy in Marriage Patterns In history, many traditions have lead to

Patrilocality (married couple lives near husband’s family)

Patrilineal descent- tracing kinship through men and the father’s family

Today, it is still common for men to be heads of households, for women to take the man’s last name and for children to have the last name of their father

The Functions of the Family Socialization

Regulation of Sexual Activity

Social Placement

Material and Emotional Security

Conflict Analysis of FamilyWays that the Family creates social inequality:Property and InheritancePatriarchyRace and Ethnicity

Symbolic Interaction AnalysisFamilies allow people to

create emotional bonds as families experience intimacy in everyday situations.

Baby Jessica and our Class Definition of the Family