changing families

• improvements to the family in the 20th century

  • Life expectancy has risen from around 50 to 80 years old.
  • People are having far Fewer Children with the fertility rate dropping from 4.7 in the 1940’s to 1.7 today.
  • The Status of Women has hugely improved, with them being equal before the law and having rights to vote and work.
• murrays negatives of improvment of fam

  • The sanctity of Marriage has fallen apart shown by a rise in Divorces
  • The increased number of working women has lead to children loosing their vital agent of Primary Socialisation.
• silva- childrens lives have been deteriorating

  • Teenagers are now increasingly separate from their parents and are loosing discipline and guidance.
  • Children are coming into contact with harmful content online and via social media.
• why have things become more diverse

  • Legal Changes: Divorce Reform Act 1969 and Equal Pay Act 1970 enabled women to live alone or as single parents.
  • Changing gender roles: women are no longer restricted to the expressive role
  • Mixed race families: By 2011, there were 1.25 million mixed race Britains