FAMILY DIVERSITY

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FAMILY DIVERSITY
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AIMS

• To examine figures on family diversity and
  examine the trends.
• To build on our exam skills.

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INTRODUCTION

• Families are becoming more diverse.
• How many different types of families can you
  think of?
• Some see diverse families as a threat to
  traditional values.
• The ideology of the nuclear family the OXO
  family.

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TASK 1

• Work in pairs
• Look at tables 2 3 on p67-8.
• What trends can you learn from your table?
• Feedback to the class on these trends.

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DECLINE OF NUCLEAR FAMILY?

• Decline of households with dependent children.
• Rise in lone-parent families.
• BUT! Most people still live in a nuclear family
  at some point in their lives.

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If nuclear families are declining, what are they
being replaced with?
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TASK 2

• Working in pairs you will research different
  topics.
• These will be fed back to the class.
• Use pages 68-77
• Choose from the following topics.

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• Lone-parent families definition, types
  trends. 68-9
• Explaining the trends for lone-parent families.
  69-71
• Views of lone-parenthood. 71
• Reconstituted families. 71-73
• Gay lesbian families. 73
• Social class family diversity. 73-74
• Ethnicity family diversity. 74-75

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CHANGES IN SOCIETY

• Giddens confluent love and choice have led to
  diversity.
• BUT! Are all families a result of choice?
  Lone-parents?
• Post-Modernism a period of fluidity and
  uncertainty has led to family diversity?
• BUT! More research needed.

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EXAM QUESTIONS

• (b) Suggest two reasons for differences in the
  proportion of lone-parent families among
  different social groups. (4)(d) Identify and
  briefly explain two reasons why family and
  household forms are becoming increasingly
  diverse. (8)May, 2005
• (a) Explain what is meant by a reconstituted
  family. (2)January, 2005

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• (f) Assess the view that, despite the recent
  changes in family life, the conventional nuclear
  family remains the norm for families and
  households in Britain today. (20)May, 2004
• (e) Examine some of the reasons for the diversity
  of families and households in Britain today.
  (20)May, 2003
• (b) Identify two ways in which high divorce rates
  might be a major source of increased family
  diversity. (4)January, 2003

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HOMEWORK

• Complete your notes on family diversity.
• Answer the exam question from May 2004 on the
  handout.