HDFS 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Future Orientation, Nuclear Family, Apache Hadoop
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Family: a network of interdependent relationships; each person influences the behavior of others in direct and indirect ways. Development is shaped by the family: focusing on structural aspects (stability, divorce) The developmental pathways are also considered directly or indirectly influenced by the parental characteristics or the family"s social background. Family dynamics and development are interdependent: development also changes the family and parent roles. Observe the way parent relates to a tiny baby as he starts walking and talking. Within a year the roles of parent"s change dramatically. Eight major changes in family life over the last 150 years. Decrease in family size as parents have fewer children. Decrease in traditional nuclear family of breadwinner dad and homemaker mother . Decrease in residential fathers with year-round, stable, full-time employment. Increase in mother"s paid employment outside the home. Increase in single parent families, mostly headed by women. Increase in extent and severity of child poverty.
