Evaluation of Parsons

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  • What are the arguments that the extended family is still important
    .Laslett found that the most common family form in the pre-industrial communities that he studied nuclear families,they lived close to extended family
    .Anderson observed houses in Preston in midst of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation and found a significant increase in the number of households made up of extended families because they moved from rural to city to move in with family to help economically and socially