What are the different types of families?
4.1What the syllabus asks of you
- Different family structures: Nuclear
- Different family structures: Extended, e.g. modified, horizontal, vertical/beanpole
- Different family structures: Reconstituted
- Different family structures: Lone parent
- Different family structures: Empty nest
- Different family structures: Childless
- Different family structures: Strengths and limitations of different family structures
- Different family structures: If appropriate to the local context and not restricted by law or regulation, other family types may also be taught, such as polygamous family and same-sex family
- Variations and diversity in the family: Cross-cultural
- Variations and diversity in the family: Social class
- Variations and diversity in the family: Ethnicity
- Sociological views on family diversity: New Right views on family diversity and dysfunctional families
- Sociological views on family diversity: Postmodernist views on the positive aspects of family diversity
- Sociological views on family diversity: The extent of family diversity and the dominance of the nuclear family
- Alternatives to the family: Single person households
- Alternatives to the family: Shared households
- Alternatives to the family: Friends as family
- Variations in types of marriage: Arranged
- Variations in types of marriage: Empty shell
- Variations in types of marriage: Love
- Variations in types of marriage: Monogamy
- Variations in types of marriage: Serial monogamy
- Variations in types of marriage: If appropriate to the local context and not restricted by law or regulation, other types of marriage may also be taught.
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Chapter 4: What are the different types of families?
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