Assess Parsons claim that industrialisation led to the movement from a classic extended family to an isolated nuclear family

... Jannine Layhe Assess Parsons claim that industrialisation led to the movement from a classic extended family to an isolated nuclear family (20 marks) In the mid 19th century in the UK, factories and new businesses were forming or otherwise known as Industrialisation. This meant that families were moving out of towns to the new towns and cities in search of work. The average family type for those living in the country was the classic extended family, involving a family made up of three or more generations, for example mother, father, grandparents and children. These types of families were far more common pre-industrialisation because the family worked as a unit, because it meant that they could get more done that way, and therefore earn more, but when industrialisation came along families were leaving their close knit units in search for city life. The 'normal' family unit turned into the isolated nuclear family, which

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