Overview
part 1) Answer the following questions based on chapter 11.
1) The author argues that declining rates of (re)marriage, high levels of divorce, and higher proportions of children living in single-parent households are trends that are more pronounced among African Americans. True or false? 2) Reading 26 Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science, Maxine Baca Zinn and Barbara Wells
The authors suggest that there are several macro-structural conditions which produce widespread family variations across Latino groups. What are these conditions?
3) Reading 27 Conflict, Coping, and Reconciliation” Intergenerational Relations in Chinease Immigrant Families, Min Zhou
The author lists 3 challenges that Chinese families confront when immigrating. What are they?
4) Reading 28 Families and Elder Care in the Twenty-First Century, Ann Bookman and Delia Kimbrel
The authors state that the needs of employed elder caregivers far exceed the employer response. What do they mean by that?
Part 2)
| Describing family diversity, the Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology states the following: "Historically, the term family diversity referred to variations from a traditional family. This implied that there was one best type of family, and that all other family types were dysfunctional and deviant. In a more contemporary view, family diversity refers to a broad range of characteristics or dimensions on which families vary, along with a recognition that there are a multitude of different family types that function effectively. Family diversity thus refers to variations along structural or demographic dimensions (e.g., race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status), as well as in family processes (e.g., communication and parenting behaviors)." For this post, I would like for you to share one feature of your own family that you think differs from a ‘traditional’ family. Please reflect on the sources of that difference (cultural, ethnic, class, biological, economic, etc.), what it means for your family, and how our society can benefit from diversity. ( two classmates commented) |