The Nuclear Family and Society

Date Submitted: 01/04/2004 06:36:19
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 5 pages (1435 words)
"Not of course that families are helpless, but their role is different than in the past. Observers once spoke of the dissolution of the family. We recognize now that the family does not disappear, rather it changes, and adapts and develops new patterns; but always, it maintains the crucial functions of giving the family members a place in society; socializing the children and stabilizing the relationship between a man and a woman." The authors of …
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