Considerations for All families in Partnerships Demographic
change
Considerations for All families in PartnershipsDemographic
change What are Culturally Inclusive Views of family Identity? What
are reflections of possible family arrangements in local
Contexts?How do I adapt my practices to meet those
arrangements?
What is the force of middle class parent communities? On
individual children? Groups of children? Schools?
Fundamentalists of all stripes cast the beleaguered family as
the villain for all that ails contemporary society. Perdita Huston,
activist, writer, actor, journalistDimensions of identity within
culture which intersect with relationships between home and school
Race--> Commonly--any one of the groups into which the worlds
population can be divided on the basis of physical characteristics
such as skin or hair color. 2) the fact of belonging to a group of
humans who share the same physical features such as skin color. A
contested idea, with newly uncovered biological and social basis
.
Social class--> a group of people within a society who share
the same social and economic status. Usually social class is
associated with education and always economic and social resources.
Chronic Poverty, working class poor, working class vs professional
class, blue collar, White Collar, and even Pink Collar occupations
usually are code names for social class.
Gender-->The sex of a person or organism, or of a whole
category of people or organisms (often used euphemistically to
avoid the word sex). Male, & Female, (Social roles, power,
financial wealth, and family make up is often determined along
gender lines, matriarchal, patriarchal, egalitarian divisions in
families result from gender roles).
Dimensions of identity continuedSexuality-->The state of
expressing/being sexual. Commonly heterosexuality produces children
(which need schooling), but expressions in families of sexuality
include gay/lesbian, adopted, divorced, extended, Blended, Step,
and Grandparents as parents. Marital status reflects sexuality,
birth patterns & family size relate to expressions of
sexuality
Ethnicity-->Commonly: ethnic affiliation or distinctiveness
within racial groups, sometimes thought of within race, but more
commonly a way of grouping people according to religious
expressions, clan and extended kin practices, geographic locations,
common ways of being, customs, and how people define themselves,
Jewish American, African American, Pluto rica, Polish-german
american, etc.
Linguistic status-->Relating to language or languages,
majority and non majority languages, as well as discourse
communities, communities of practice in which certain language
systems reside concurrently, and in which some gain power over
others,
6 Disruptive Demographic Trendspredicted by 2010 census The
south has risen again The browning of American Marrying out is in
The silver Tsunami is about to hit The end of men? Lost jobs by
genderThe rapid growth of grandparent headed households The Rise of
New FamiliesDiversity in the 2000sCensus 2000 indicates that only
24% of all US households are comprised of two parents and children
today, sliding down from 45% in 1960.
Two types of households--family and non-family arrangements.
Married couples, single parents, and people who live with other
relatives has decreased. Non-family households, those who live
alone or with non-relatives has risen. Market trends, tax base
changes. The class based decline in marriage About (52%) of all
adults were married in 2008 in 1960 (72%) The new marriage gap is
combined with the growing income gapin 1960 2/3rds (68%) of people
in their 20s were married in 2008 only (26%) were Families and
family forms remain resilient
Children in Contemporary familiesSingle parent Headed families
Almost 1/4th of White children and more than 1/2 of Black children
are born to unmarried mothers22% of children live with one parent
in 198027% of children in 2000Recently divorced2/3rds of first
marriages end in divorce (2x as many as 2 decades ago)60% of
children will spend part of their childhood in single parent
homeMothers in workforce with preschool children30% in 197042% in
198064% in 1998 71% (at least) 2008 (age of child impacts %)
Multi-dimensionally ComplexChanges for childrenFamilies
maintained by single women increased 3x as fast as married couples
in the first half of the 90s.28% of children live in single parent
families in 2000.79% A household with a single parent and children
is just as much a family as one with two parents83% classify
childless married couples as family
How do we operate within this moment? The world presently can be
characterized by complexity, uncertainty, and questions of culture,
difference, class, privilege, and politics. Young children, their
families, we as teachers are all tied to these issues and others
that are embedded within historical, social, and political
circumstances (Grieshaber & Cannella, 2001)
Public Views on Demographic Trends (go to Pew Research
Center)http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/attitudes-about-the-changing-american-family/
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