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Using appropriate sources of information support or refute the argument that in contemporary society the family has lost its relevance.
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Using appropriate sources of information support or refute the argument that in contemporary society the family has lost its relevance. In this short essay, I will be supporting the argument, but as always there are two sides of a story. I will be highlighting the reasons why the family is not as traditional as it used to be. The most frequently quoted definition of the family is that of George Murdock: "The family is a social group characterised by common residence, economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting adults" (Murdock 1949:1) There are a number of arguments for this question. "As the most general observation, the 'married couple with children' family is not the most common family form in Britain today." (Stephens 1998: p184). Other types families...
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