Extended Family Today

Question 1

Is the extended family still important important today?
Yes, explain why

Answer 1

While the extended family may have declined, it has not entirely disappeared

Chamberlain found that Caribbean families continue to provide support even though they are geographically dispersed

Wilmott argues the extended family continues to exist as a dispersed extended family where relatives are geographically separated but maintain frequent contact through visits and calls

Question 2

Are extended families important today
No, explain why

Answer 2

According to functionalists such as Parsons the extended family is the dominant family type in the prereduced industrial society, but in modern industrial Society it is replaced by the nuclear family