New Right

• New Right -> Traditional Nuclear family is ideal = Functioning of good society
• Golden Age of Family -> Stable family, provide of their own needs through employment / being at home
• Key Issue 1 (Nuclear): Lone Parents

  • Unnatural + Harmful
  • Lone mothers cannot discipline their children properly + burden on welfare
  • MP John Redwood - 'Single Parent families are the biggest social problems of our times'
• Key Issue 2: Modern Women

  • Disapprove women going to work
  • Women's Priority should be the family
• Key Issue 3: Marriage

  • Essential Basis = Stable Environment for children
  • Cohabitation + Divorce create family instability = Adults avoid commitments