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Using information from the Items and elsewhere, assess the view that the nuclear family constitutes an ideal living arrangement for individuals and society.
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Using information from the Items and elsewhere, assess the view that the nuclear family constitutes an ideal living arrangement for individuals and society. The nuclear family traditionally consists of a married heterosexual couple and generally two or three children. They are biologically related and share a common residence. Each member of the nuclear family has a role, the husband works to provide for and protect his family, while the wife takes care of the home and looks after the children. This is regarded as the ideal. Functionalists compare society to the human body, with each institution being separate yet unable to function without each other, like organs in the body. Family is regarded as highly important, both for the individual and society as a whole. Item C outlines functionalisism by saying that family provides an orderly means of reproduction, provides economic and physical support for children, socialises and educates children into the...
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