family of procreation
(noun)
the idea that the goal of a family is to produce and enculturate and socialize children
Examples of family of procreation in the following topics:
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Family
- A family serves to reproduce society biologically, through procreation, and socially, through the socialization of children.
- The primary function of the family is to reproduce society, both biologically through procreation and socially through socialization.
- From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: the family functions to locate children socially, and plays a major role in their socialization.
- From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a family of procreation: The family functions to produce and socialize children.
- Analyze the pivotal role a family plays in the socialization of children and the continuation of society through procreation
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The Functions of a Family
- The primary function of the family is to perpetuate society, both biologically through procreation, and socially through socialization.
- The primary function of the family is to ensure the continuation of society, both biologically through procreation, and socially through socialization.
- From the point of view of the parents, the family's primary purpose is procreation: The family functions to produce and socialize children.
- From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: The family functions to locate children socially, and plays a major role in their socialization.
- From the point of view of the parents, the family is a family of procreation: The family functions to produce and socialize children
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Families and Theory
- The primary function of the procreative families (e.g., families built around the pursuit of parenthood) is to reproduce society, biologically through procreation, socially through socialization, or in both ways.
- Given these functions, one's experience of one's family shifts over time.
- From the perspective of children, the family is a family of orientation: the family functions to locate children socially, and plays a major role in their socialization.
- From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a family of procreation: the family functions to produce and socialize children.
- No society does all of these; no one of these is universal, and many people different societies lack access to whatever marital and family privileges available in their given social context.
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Marriage and Responsibility
- People marry for love, for socioeconomic stability, to start a family, and to create obligations between one another.
- The reasons people marry vary widely, but usually include publicly and formally declare their love, the formation of a single household unit, legitimizing sexual relations and procreation, social and economic stability, and the education and nurturing of children.
- The act of marriage creates obligations between the individuals involved and, in some societies, between the parties' extended families.
- As of 2003, one's level of educational attainment was a significant predictor of the educational attainment of one's spouse.
- Part of the reason why education is so influential in determining the level of education of one's spouse is because people tend to form groups based on levels of education.
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The Nature of Marriage
- Other forms of marriage also exist, however.
- The reasons people marry vary widely, but usually include the desire to publicly and formally declare their love, to form a single household unit, to legitimize sexual relations and procreation, for social and economic stability, and for the education and nurturing of children.
- The act of marriage creates obligations between the individuals involved, and, in some societies, between the parties' extended families.
- Outside of the traditional marriage between monogamous heterosexual couples, other forms of marriage exist.
- Group marriage is a form of polyamory in which more than two persons form a family unit.
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The Nature of a Family
- As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for certain scholars.
- In sociological literature, the most common form of this family is often referred to as a nuclear family.
- A "matrilocal" family consists of a mother and her children.
- Common in the western societies, the model of the family triangle, where the husband, wife, and children are isolated from the outside, is also called the oedipal model of the family.
- As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for sociologists of the family.
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Family Structures
- Over half of American families are remarried, that is 75% of marriages ending in divorce, remarry.
- Over half of American families are remarried, that is 75% of marriages ending in divorce, remarry.
- Over half of American families are remarried, that is 75% of marriages ending in divorce, remarry.
- In some circumstances, the extended family comes to live either with or in place of a member of the nuclear family.
- An American family composed of the mother, father, children, and extended family.
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The Family Life Cycle
- The reasons people marry vary widely, but usually include: to publicly and formally declare their love, the formation of a single household unit, legitimizing sexual relations and procreation, social and economic stability, and the education and nurturing of children.
- The act of marriage creates obligations between the individuals involved, and, in some societies, between the parties' extended families.
- Children used to remain in their parents home until they left to start their own family, but the independent life stage is a period of single-living prior to the formation of one's own family.
- Part of the reason for this has been a decrease in the size of Catholic families; Catholics are having about the same number of children as are non-Catholics in the U.S.
- With smaller families, Catholics are able to retain more of their income and turn it into savings, improving their socioeconomic status.
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Replacing Family Functions
- In Canada, married and common law couples with children under the age of 25 represented 44% of all families in 2001.
- The sociology of the family examines the family as an institution and a unit of socialization.
- Sociological studies of the family look at demographic characteristic of the family members: family size, age, ethnicity and gender of its members, social class of the family, the economic level and mobility of the family, professions of its members, and the education levels of the family members.
- Currently, one of the biggest issues that sociologists study are the changing roles of family members.
- Examine the different types of families and the changing face of family roles
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
- Symbolic interactionists view the family as a site of social reproduction where meanings are negotiated and maintained by family members.
- Ethnomethodology, an offshoot of symbolic interactionism, examines how people's interactions can create the illusion of a shared social order despite a lack of mutual understanding and the presence of differing perspectives.
- They argue that shared activities help to build emotional bonds among family members, and that marriage and family relationships are based on negotiated meanings.
- The interactionist perspective emphasizes that families reinforce and rejuvenate bonds through symbolic mechanism rituals such as family meals and holidays.
- Symbolic interactionists explore the changing meanings attached to family.