Parents And Children Flashcards
What are the reasons for increase in lone parent families
Changing positions of women
Increase in divorce
How does changing positions of women increase lone parent families?
Women are financially independent meaning they can afford to be a lone parent and they can be supported by the welfare benefits this will allow people to leave their partners, even if they don’t earn enough to support their children alone
How does increase in divorce lead to an increase in lone parent families
Separation leaves more lone parents due to many children staying with one parent predominantly
it is no longer frowned upon today’s society to raise a child alone
Name the two reasons why one parent families are often female-headed
Courts
Impact of feminism
How does court affect one parent families being run by female heads?
Mothers tend to get custody of children during a divorce
Many sociologist believe women are naturally suited to the expressive or nurturing role
How does the impact of feminism affect one parent families being female headed?
Many lone parent families are female headed as the mothers are single by choice and they do not want to marry
Women may actively choose to limit the fathers involvement as they are able to support their child without the fathers involvement
Ao1 lone parenthood, welfare state and poverty
Murray sees the growth of lone parent families as a result of an overgenerous welfare state providing benefits for unmarried mothers and their children
The welfare state creates a dependency culture in which people assume that the state will support them and their children
For Murray the solution is to abolish the welfare benefits. This would reduce dependency culture encourages births outside marriage
Ao3
Lone parenthood, the welfare state and poverty
However critics of the new right views argued that the welfare benefits are far from generous and that lone parent families are more likely to be in poverty
The reason why they are more likely to be in poverty is because of the lack of affordable childcare
They are women who generally earn less than men
And father do not pay maintenance
What are the pros of being in a reconstituted family?
Ferri and Smith found that step families are very similar to 1st families in all major respects and that the involvement of step parent is positive
What are the cons of being in a reconstituted family?
However ferri and Smith found that step families are a greater risk of poverty because they often have more children and the stepfather may have to support children from the previous relationships
What are the reasons for increase in reconstituted families?
Divorce
Court
How does divorce increase reconstituted families?
Step families are formed when lone parent families form a new Partnership
Divorce is also responsible for the creation of step families
How does courts lead an increase in reconstituted families?
More children in step families are from the women’s previous relationship than the man since children are more likely to remain with their mother after a break up
