Introduction to families and households

Family meaning (postmodernists view- nuclear family)

Monogamous marriage between a man and a women plus their child(red) all sharing the same residence

why is the nuclear family definition wrong

Disregards diverse family types

what is a household

a person living alone or a group of people living together. may not be related

type of Families

• Bean-pole family

• lone-parent family

• Reconstituted family

• empty shell family

• Nuclear Family

Reconstituted family

step families- lone parent form new partnership

beanpole family

vertically extended family not horizontally e.g grandparents, parent child NOT aunts uncles and cousins

empty shell marriage

spouse feel no strong attachment to each other,outside pressure keep marriage going or for the children