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EXAMINE AND ACCOUNT FOR FAMILY DIVERSITY IN THE UK
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EXAMINE AND ACCOUNT FOR FAMILY DIVERSITY IN THE UK Family diversity is the ways in which families are different. There are many different forms of families in the UK, some which are seen as better than others in society. Edmund Leach presents the 'cereal packet' image of the family which is the idea of the perfect family. This image is originally derived from the perfect happy family pictures that appeared on the cereal packets. In many ways this idea still fits with society's idea of how a family should be. This social idea of the family is so powerful that it has a negative effect on other types of families. This is because there is a sense that there is only one 'right' type of family. (Mother, father, two children - boy and a girl; father works, mother runs the home. However, this 'cereal packet' image of the family may...
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