1. Marriage & Family Marriage & Family

2. 2 Marriage & Family What is a family? What are the rights, privileges, obligations?

3. 3 Marriage & Family What is a family? People who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption NuclearExtended Nuclear or Extended Family of orientation Family of procreation

4. 4 Marriage & Family Functions of the family Economic production Socialization of children Care of the sick and aged Recreation Reproduction

5. 5 Marriage & Family Marriage A group’s approved mating arrangements Often marked by a public ritual

6. 6 Marriage & Family Establish societal patterns Mate selection Endogamy Exogamy Incest Taboo Helps families avoid role confusion Extends social networks Maintain strong gene pool

7. 7 Marriage & Family Establish societal patterns Mate selection Endogamy Exogamy Descent Bilateral, matrilineal, patrilineal Inheritance How to pass property from one generation to the next? Authority

8. 8 The Family Life Cycle Romantic love What does ‘love’ mean? Marriage Social channels to marriage Homogamy Arranged marriage

9. 9 Balancing Work and Family in the US Institutional challenges for parents Corporate culture that assumes workers have no competing responsibilities The “glass ceiling” The “Mommy track”

10. 10 Balancing Work and Family in the US Institutional challenges for parents Corporate culture that assumes workers have no competing responsibilities Public policies that do not support families Family leave policies: Some workers have limited rights to unpaid leave, paid leave is offered in only 5 states for mothers, 1 state for fathers No benefits for part-time workers No public child care

11. 11 The Family Life Cycle Childbirth & Child Rearing How are kids taken care of? Daycare Nannies Stay-at-home parent Relative

12. 12 Balancing Work and Family in the US The “Second Shift” In households where both parents work, who does the housework? Largely, it’s women

13. 13 The Family Life Cycle Empty Nest Last child leaves home ‘Adultolescents’ Adult children returning home to live with parents

14. 14 Trends in US Families Postponing marriage and childbirth Cohabitation Unmarried mothers Grandparents as parents The sandwich generation