Family diversity

• Chester


  Neo conventional family - only change is that women go out to work
• Gittins


  There is no such thing as the family, only families
• Giddens


  Pure relationships - Needs and choices are made and met in relationships today
• Dunne


  The traditional division of labour continues due to gender scripts
• Stacey


  Women have more rights and freedoms
• Post modern


  Society is changing, requiring more choice and diversity in family life
• Life course

  Meanings family members give to certain events
• Beanpole family


  Families with declining numbers of children but with multiple generations alive at the same time