Families socialize the young, provide emotional and social support, manage reproduction, regulate sexual activity, transmit social status, and provide an economic center What does this mean?

Generally family is the one place that unconditional love is found What if that does not happen?

Look at chart on page 358. What is most interesting? What is most surprising? Do you agree?

How do family members compete and cooperate? Is your family patriarchal or matriarchal? Where has the conflict come from? Now?

Interaction at home between adults and children determines interaction outside the home. This shapes self concept.

Even in the melting pot there are similarities: Families are nuclear Families are bilateral Families are democratic Families are neolocal Families are monogamous

Would you rather marry for money or love? Looks or love? Do you believe in love at firs sight? Americans value love Over 90% of Americans marry Notice the trend on 364

Marriage: number of marriages per year for every thousand Divorce: number of marriages per year for every thousand Causes of divorce? Age when married Longer married less likely Level of respect and flexibility

Rise in times of prosperity Decline in times of hardship. Why? Baby boomers more likely to divorce..why? Financial independence for women Change in values

Average age of first marriage is increasing Rates expected to decrease with boomers moving on Couples having fewer children spaced farther a part

Almost ¼ adults were physically abused as children What is abuse? ¼ girls and 1/10 boys are victims of sexual aggression Chart on page 368…interesting?

Husbands and wives assault each other at about the same rate. Verbal and psychological include neglect Sibling is the most common and ignored form Elderly? On the rise