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The focus of this piece of coursework is the changing nature of family life given the extent of fatherless families in modern Britain.
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Hypothesis The focus of this piece of coursework is the changing nature of family life given the extent of fatherless families in modern Britain. Functionalists such as parsons and Murdock will be researched, as well as the views of Damos and Sapsfors to comment on the impact of fatherless families. My interest in fatherless family stems from my own personal family experience of having divorce parents and living in one parent family headed by my mother. I have therefore developed the hypothesis: The recent growth of fatherless families has lead to many manifests dysfunctions of the family. Context and concepts George Murdock's classic study provides the focus for my work; the nuclear family performs four basic functions in all societies. Which he turned the sexual, reproductive, economical and education. He describes the family as a social group characterised by common residence, economic co- operation and reproduction. It includes an adult of each...
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