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Family Amity PPT 2
Family Amity PPT 2
Family
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Symbolic interactionism
The interaction of family members and intimate
couples involves shared understandings of their
situations.
Wives and husbands have different styles of
communication, and social class affects the
expectations that spouses have of their marriages and
of each other.
Love is the common basis for American marriages
and dating relationships, but it is much less common
in several other contemporary nations.
Theoretical Perspective
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Economic.
Religious.
Educational.
Health.
Recreation.
Civic. Social.
Role of socialization.
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Characteristics of Family
1. A mating relationship: A family comes into existence when a man
and woman establish mating relation between them.
2. A form of marriage: Mating relationship is established through the
institution of marriage.
3. A system of nomenclature: Every family is known by a name and
has its own system of reckoning descent. Descent may be consider
through the male or female line.
4. An economic provision: The head of the family carries on certain
profession and earns money to maintain the family.
5. A common habitation (surroundings): A family requires a home or
house-hold for its living. Without a dwelling place the task of child
bearing and child rearing cannot be adequately performed.
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1. Joint Family
2. Nuclear – husband, wife with or without
children.
3. Extended family
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The family in India does not consist only of husband, wife and
their children but also of uncles, aunts and cousins and
grandsons.
This system called Joint family or extended family system, is a
peculiar characteristic of the Indian social life.
A son after marriage does not usually separate himself from
the parents but continues to stay with them under the same
roof and holding property in common.
The earnings of all the members are put in a common fund out
of which family expenses are met.
The family in India is based on Patrilineal descent.
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Industrialization.
Extension of Communication & Transport.
Decline of agriculture & Village Trades.
Impact of the West.
New Social Legislation.
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Economic independence:
Women in modern family have attained an increasing degree of economic
independence.
Smaller family:
The modern family is a smaller family.
Decline of religious control:
The modern family is secular in attitude.
The religious rites of the traditional family such as early prayer, yagya etc., are
not longer performed in modern family.
Separation of non-essential functions:
The traditional family functions have now been taken over by specialized
agencies.
Hospital offers room for the birth of child.
The kindergarten, he/she is educated.
The playground he/she recreates.
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