SOCL 2505 Chapter : Chapter 2
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Chapter 2 - the history of the family. Women took care of children for first few years of life. Most western societies begin with small family units. Family and kinship systems were developed to provide fundamental needs. Characteristics: self-sufficient, farming family, grow food, raise animals, produce clothing, and build dwellings. >orphanages (live with relative or others in community) Some couples claimed arranges that didn"t exist in the church (informal marriages) Diversity diminished as churches expanded and parent mortality diminished. Emergence of the "modern" american family: 1776 to 1900. Marriage increasingly based on affection and mutual respect. Women cared for children and maintained the home (women"s spheres) Adults were freeing themselves from elder control (parents) Women left home alone to tend to children and household (separated spheres; separated men and women; from cooperation to separation) The rise of the private family: 1900 to present. New youth culture (begins of inappropriate behaviors [flappers; prohibition])
