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Flashcards by selinaward, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by selinaward
about 10 years ago
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| Family, means different things to different people it is not always a biological link which establishes whether somebody is family or not | For example Sophie has two lesbian mothers one biological and one adopted and she feels they are both her family because they have brought her up and look after her |
| There are many different family forms in the 21st-century and the idea of a nuclear family is becoming less and less common | for example families can now consist of single-parent families, gay or lesbian families, several generations living together, step families and half siblings |
| Most families will change over time and therefore one child might initially be part of a nuclear family or a single-parent family could change to become part of a stepfamily | this process can change many times therefore, there is no such thing as a universal family or an ideal family form |
| Changing conceptualisations of family can be done by understanding and recognising the diversity of families and their social practices. | Some scholars would argue that “being a family” is one thing but “doing (caring loving)” as an act is more important to children |
| Finch (2007) discusses family from sociological perspective as certain practices which take on particular meanings at particular times | Finch (2007) maintains that doing family is about being involved in the different family practices such as celebrations, photographs and naming practices which give members a role within the family. |
| With the advancements in reproductive technologies there are now many different ways people can become parents other than adopting | such as fertility treatments and medical intervention which allows people to conceive past menopause or with fertility treatment |
| if being a family involves “doing” certain practices then the home could be considered as a space where such family practices are repeated and developed | The family home is strongly connected to the family itself because it is deeply rooted in all the family life especially when starting a new family |
| Children’s perspectives on home and family will depend on their experience during their childhood. | For example some children may spend long periods of time living away from their family other children might live with their families but not have a permanent home. Such experiences challenge the ideal image of shared family life within a settled domestic environment |
| Children can live away from home for a variety of different reasons | such as being ill or disabled and needing constant care, being detained as part of the judicial system, boarding school, and legal or personal circumstances of the parents. The different practices and values underpinning these organisations will influence how the children establish family like practices, a sense of belonging and making it feel like their home |
| Residential care can often be very confusing in how they maintain practices to substitute the lack of a family environment | Some kind of family like practice of eating meals was trying to be established between the adults and children, however this is quite difficult because each child and adult will have their own interpretation of what “doing” family means - for example the re-creating of the Christmas dinner was not enjoyed by some who thought it was only a real christmas dinner if family was there |
| Youth homelessness can describe many different circumstances in which young people are without a permanent place they can call their home and also when they live part from their family | . Mallett (2010) suggests that a home to young people is not just a place or object but it is somewhere they feel wanted supported and connected. In the same sense homelessness is more than just an absence of a home it is also the absence of belonging and love and care. In one example then a young homeless person talks about how his other homeless friends become family and support each other through their problems just like family would. |
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