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Family Roles & Diversity
Who Makes A Family?
Thoughts?
“One or more people- everyone living in a housing unit”
Census definition of the family:
Blood relations
Legally recognized connections (marriage or adoption)
Primary Roles of Families
Reproduction
Socialization
Social Roles
Economic Partnership
Emotional Support
Different Types of Families
Traditional Nuclear Family
Extended Families
Single Parent Families
Blended Families
Affiliated Kin
Lesbian & Gay Families
Polygamists
Grandparenting
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THE NEED FOR CONNECTIONS AND BONDS
Remember the baby monkey? (Harry and Margaret Harlow)
We have a need for contact. Without it, we do not develop in a typical manner
Issues with Attachment
Attachment Theory– looks at how the degree/quality of attachment experienced early in life effects our relationships later on
Levels of Attachment
Secure
Anxious & Ambivalent
Avoidant
Implications for Adult Relationships
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ISOLATION AND STUNTED DEVELOPMENT
Children who have little to no human interaction from a young age…
Anna & Isabelle http://people.morrisville.edu/~reymers/readings/SOCI101/ExtremeIsolation-Davis.pdf
Genie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmdycJQi4QA
Romanian Orphanages
Cultural VARIATION IN FAMILIES
Cultural Relativism vs. Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism
Judging other cultures based on our own cultural standards/understandings
Cultural Relativism
Judging other cultures based on their own standards/understandings
A few Cases to consider…
How do you perceive these situations vs. what the law says?
Laws Make A Difference
Kent and Brandon Schaibles
Ezekiel Stephan
Framing Continued
Mariah Walton
What About Vaccinations?
What exemptions are there?
Pros vs. Cons
Potential for Prosecution
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/verve/_resources/FQ2_Simplified_Version_Dec.pdf
http://www.un.org/en/udhrbook/#1