Roles and Responsibilities of the Family

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Roles and Responsibilities of the Family

• By
• Sammy Allen
• Chris Gillings
• Kerry Waters

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Introduction

• In our presentation we will be looking at
• Parenting
• Sibling Rivalries
• Family Structure
• Conflicting Values
• Culture
• Involvement of society in family life
• Schooling

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Parenting

• The main roles of parenting are to provide a
  child with the best possible care attention and
  to discipline them.
• there are many different ways that parents choose
  to bring there children up, some are more strict
  than others and some parents do a lot more for
  their children whereas some parents prefer their
  children to be more independent. Over the past
  few decades there have been more working mums
  whereas a long time ago it was more common for
  the mum to stay at home and look after the
  children and for the father of the family to go
  to work. Parents should stet a good example for
  their children, and try to keep them on the
  straight and narrow, they should teach them
  morals and good and bad things in society.

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Sibling Rivalries

• It is easy for brothers and sisters to get
  jealous of each other.
• When children are at school if one of the
  siblings get a good grade in a particular
  subject, the other child may be expected, or feel
  expected, to get the same grade or higher. Also
  if a single mother has a boy and a girl, the boy
  may feel left out because his sister has more in
  common with her mum that he does.

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Why is Divorce getting more and more popular?

• Divorce is getting more and more popular for many
  reasons.
• The most important reasons are
• Easier, Quicker Cheaper It is now easier to
  obtain a divorce and it does not take as long to
  get processed. The price has also gone down a
  lot which means it is available to more people.
• Changes in Attitudes Divorce is now socially more
  acceptable. In the Rep. Of Ireland, people have
  only been aloud to divorce since 1997.
• Decline of Religion in Society Less people now
• believe in religion than 20yrs ago. Because of
• this, less people are morally against divorce.

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Changes in the Social Position of Women

• This is probably the main reason that more
  divorce applications are being requested, and
  going through. Woman are more likely to apply
  for divorce than men. In 1995 3/4 of divorce
  applications were applied for by women Woman now
  have better paid jobs, have more respect and do
  not have to play the house wife role, also
  benefits are available for women and children.
  Because of this, women are more economically
  safe, so they do not have to depend on husbands.

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Should people stay together for their children?

• View 1
• No, it would be unfair to force people to stay a
  loveless marriage. It is better for the parents
  to split, at least then the children could be
  brought up in a happy home
• View 2
• Yes, it is unfair to let children witness their
  parents get a divorce as they can get messy.
  Children should live with both parents, this way
  they will have a stable home and have a balanced
  point of view.

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Culture

• Norms, values and beliefs that belong to a gorup
  which makes them different from another. In a
  culture, they believe and follow different
  religions. Some traditions may be about
• Clothes
• Food
• Religious festivals
• Education
• Male and Females roles

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Involvement of Society in Family Life

• State
• 1. Makes the laws
• 2. Only allow 1 husband and 1 wife
• 3. Does not put a limit on the number of children
• 4. Gives support and tax credits
• 5. Employ people to help the family Doctors
• Nurses
• Teachers
• Social Workers
• 6. Primary Socialisation is expected by society

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• Family
• 1. Records are kept about everyone birth,
  marriage, divorce and death
• 2. A Census is carried out every 10 years to keep
  a record of population numbers
• 3. It is also the families responsibilities to
  help primary

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Schooling

• Im going to be writing a script on a
  conversation I had with a primary school parent
• Do you ever attend car boot sales that raise
  money for the school?
• Not really, I dont like buying things second
  hand, but it is a good idea to raise money for
  the school.
• If your son lost something at school, would you
  buy the same thing or would you get something
  cheaper?
• I would get them something a bit cheaper, as I
  cant afford to keep buying expensive items,
  especially if they are only going to get lost.
• Do you attend to parents evening?
• Yes
• Do you go to the subjects that he is good at or
  not good?
• I go to a bit of both so I get a nice all-round
  answer.
• And finally are the boys happy with school?
• They are happy now. There was a problem with
  bulling, but that has been dealt with.

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Family Structure

• In many fairy tails they always say that the men
  are better than woman. They are portrayed as
  heroes and they always save the day.
• Some men go a bit to far when it comes to the
  family.They think that theyre sex dominate so
  they have the right to beat there wife, girl
  friend or even
• their own child. Some adults and children
  also beat their own parents. This is too keep
  them
• under control, for them to look tough
• and a lot of the time, because they have
• been hurt in their lives.