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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