Family Flashcards
(32 cards)
What are direct policies that influence the family?
Marriage, divorce, protection of children against abuse, adoption/fostering
What are indirect laws that affect the family?
Eductaion laws, employment laws, policies on housing, health and transport
How did more generous maternity and paternity pay and leave change the family?
Supports the idea that both parents likely to work, increasing roles many fathers play in children life, better primary socialisation to spend more time with children when they are young.
What law allowed same sex couples to adopt?
Adoption and children act 2002 , Civil partnership act 2005
How did the civil partnership affect families?
Same sex couples more likely to have children, different family structures, new right would criticise this leads to inadequate socialisation either missing male authority figure in life or missing out on a motherly figure.
How does childhood vary?
According to gender, geographical location, historically and culturally relative
What is aries view on childhood?
Childhood is a recent social invention, in pre industrial society children were viewed as little adults,economic asset, 20th century “the century of the child”
What is cunninghams new on childhood?
Childhood is protected, separate from adulthood, children need socialising before responsibility of adult society, childhood percieved as golden age, happiness and innocent
How is childhood protected?
Child centred society, compulsory education leaving age raised to 18yrs own social workers and doctors, child protection employment laws, education cares for children mentally psychologically medicaly (shorter), let children be children 2011, no inappropriate posters by schools, age ratings
How is childhood priviledged?
Children have the same technologies as adults, child centered society, childs needs and wants a priority, weekend activites and holidays based on children, own media toys tv channels specialist foods and drinks and salons, moving to catchment areas, child based charities eg childline
What is postmans view on childhood?
“Death of childhood” , loss of innocence debate, social media exposed to violent sexual images too young, boundries between adult and child weakened
What are consequences on the death of childhood?
Not emotionally mature to cope with adulthood, increase of social problens eg teenage suicide, eating disorders, depression in children
What is palmers view on childhood?
Electric technologies have resulted in toxic childhood, parents use technologies to parent, loss of control of children ‘pester power’, cash rich rich time poor, parents dont have time to parent= inadequate socialisation
What is young and willmotts view on the domestic division of labour debate?
The family is now symmetrical as women go out to work, men do more domestic work
What are postmodernist view on the domestic division of labour debate?
Weakened gender identities fexibility/ blurred thus weakening gender divisions in the home role reversal, no longer stereotypical
What is gershuny’s belief on division of labour debate?
Growing equality due to increase in paid employment. However, tasks are still divided
What is silver & schor view on division of labour?
Commercialisation of housework means women are doing less housework is easier and more enjoyable
What is birth rate?
The number of live births per 1000 of the population per year
What is infant mortality rate?
The number of deaths of babies in the first year of life per 1000 of live births per year
What is total fertility rate?
The number of live births per 1000 women of child bearing age (15-44) per year
What has lead to the decline in birth rate?
Changing position of women, rise of feminism, sue sharoes study changing attitudes with children between 1970-1990, postmodernism marrying later changes in law enforcement
What has caused the birth rate to increase?
Immigration, people moving from overseas of child bearing age more likely to have children
What is death rate?
The number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year
Reasons for decline in death rate?
Improved nutrition, medical improvement
