Nuclear family: Difference between revisions

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Basically a family consisting of a) mother, b) father, c) children, d) and a status of being able to provide itself with material and/or monetary goods. In contrast to the extended family, the nuclear family has to share the goods and resources only between a small group of individuals. This form of household organisation emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most scholars see a close connection of the nuclear family with the processes and changes due to the Industrial Revolution.

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Ariés, Phhillipe, Georges Duby, et al. (eds.). A History of Private Life. 5 vols. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990ff.

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-== Sociological Definition ==
+Basically a family consisting of a) mother, b) father, c) children, d) and a status of being able to provide itself with material and/or monetary goods. In contrast to the [[extended family]], the nuclear family has to share the goods and resources only between a small group of individuals. This form of household organisation emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most scholars see a close connection of the nuclear family with the processes and changes due to the Industrial Revolution.
-For a group to be called a nuclear family there must at some time be a father, mother and at least one child. This type of family structure is found in almost all societies, although the length of time in which the family remains in this form varies even within the same society.
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-The nuclear family can be a nurturing environment in which to raise children as long as there is love, time spent with children, emotional support, low stress, and a stable economic environment. In nuclear families, both adults are the biological or adoptive parents of their children.
+Ariés, Phhillipe, Georges Duby, et al. (eds.). ''A History of Private Life''. 5 vols. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990ff.
-== Nuclear Family in the 18th Century ==