The Family

2. - He popularised the idea that childhood is a social Construction
3. – The combination of paid work, housework, and emotional care, often expected of women.
4. – Feminist critique of gender inequality in the family, challenging the idea of symmetrical families.
5. – A family where the mother is the central figure, often in the absence of a father..
6. A family with multiple generations but few children in each, leading to a long, thin structure.
8. – A family structure consisting of two parents and their dependent children.
9. – A shift in family life towards prioritizing children’s needs.
11. – The idea that women carry both paid work and unpaid domestic work responsibilities.
12. – A family where one or both partners have children from previous relationships (stepfamily).
14. – Marxist view that the family supports capitalism through unpaid domestic labor and consumption.
15. – Proposed the functional fit theory and the two main family functions (primary socialization & stabilization of adult personalities).

1. – A couple living together without being married.
7. – A family where one parent raises children alone.
10. – Defined the nuclear family as universal and essential.
13. – A wider family network beyond the nuclear unit, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.