intro to sociology

related by blood, marriage or adoption

people who live together

husband, wife and their immediate children

nuclear family plus grandparents cousins and other relatives living in the same house hold or nearby

family a person grows up

family formed when a couple has their first child

patrilineal- fathers side

matrilineal-mothers side

bilineal-fathers and mothers side

arranged engament

a group approved mating arragement marked by a ritual.

(hosechild) many dual earned family today but women still pull the second shirt leaving many women sissatisfied with their marriage

led to the rising divorce rate

• 1. economic production
• 2. socialization of children
• 3. care of the sick and aged
• 4. recreation
• 5. sexual control
• 6. reprodction

people being sexually attracted to one another and idealizing each other.

marriage in the u.s

man having many wives

women having many husbans

marrying someone life yourself

93% of americans marry same race.

same-sex marriage

amount of course the staff has taken in early child care.

one on one care, cares in own home, less likely to get sick, parents seem to get jelouse of the nanny

more likly to spank children

from high supervision at work

move out and come back 42% of people in there late 20s still live with parents

mostlikly to be poor, the number of single parent families especially heady by women has increased in large numbers since 1950.

1 out of 5 babies are born to an unwed mother.

married couple who are making the decision not have any children has increased. the biggest reason is freedom from responsibility.

"dual income no kids"

you can have kids or you can have anuthing else.

20% of married couples are un able to conseve.

families whose members were once part of other families. this number has risen as divorce rates have increased.

the average age of first time grooms in now 29 and for the fist time brides is 27, an increase of 5 years since 1950. this average age of first time mothers is now about 29.

2/3 of marriage couple have lived together before they got married. the studies of cohbiation couples and marital success is not positive.

this refers to mothers in cohabitative relationships and has risen along with cohobitation

more grandparents are fulfilling the parental role as more parents are working

families who are taking care of their children and their parents at the same time: often this responsibilty is taken by the daughters

rates rose between 1950-1980 since then the number have leveled off.

increased because of changing norms, less stigma, and governmental policies

effects of divorce on children are varied.

father who keep contact with their children for about a year after a divorce, get remarried, and refocus their attention to the " new family.

most peopel who get divorced will remarry within 3 years.

children brought into remarriage divorce is likely.

biggest problem, according to step parents , is discipline

boundary ambiquily ccan lead to problems in blending families.

the majority of vicims are children under the age of 6

• -neglect is the most common form
• -emotional and physical abuse(other forms)

more man than women are the perpetrators of spousal abuse

-women stay in abusive relationships for various reason..lack of resouces , fear of retaliation,salvation ethnic and blamming themselves.

-police respone to abuse has changed in recent years

• - thinking of their spouse as their bestfriend
• - laughter
• -share same goals
• -think of marriage of being sacred
• -think of marriage as a long-term commitment.

no danger of becoming a relic

cohabitation,single mothers,age at marriage, grandparents as parents will increase

equality in marriage not on horizon.

marriages are happier when they get along with inlaws

x's stay friends after divorse or kids and favors around the house.