Roles and Responsibilities of the Family By Sammy Allen Chris Gillings Kerry Waters

Involvement of society in family life Introduction In our presentation we will be looking at; Parenting Sibling Rivalries Family Structure Conflicting Values Culture Involvement of society in family life Schooling

Parenting The main roles of parenting are to provide a child with the best possible care attention and to discipline them. there are many different ways that parents choose to bring there children up, some are more strict than others and some parents do a lot more for their children whereas some parents prefer their children to be more independent. Over the past few decades there have been more working mums whereas a long time ago it was more common for the mum to stay at home and look after the children and for the father of the family to go to work. Parents should stet a good example for their children, and try to keep them on the straight and narrow, they should teach them morals and good and bad things in society.

Sibling Rivalries It is easy for brothers and sisters to get jealous of each other. When children are at school if one of the siblings get a good grade in a particular subject, the other child may be expected, or feel expected, to get the same grade or higher. Also if a single mother has a boy and a girl, the boy may feel left out because his sister has more in common with her mum that he does.

Why is Divorce getting more and more popular? Divorce is getting more and more popular for many reasons. The most important reasons are: Easier, Quicker + Cheaper It is now easier to obtain a divorce and it does not take as long to get processed. The price has also gone down a lot which means it is available to more people. Changes in Attitudes Divorce is now socially more acceptable. In the Rep. Of Ireland, people have only been aloud to divorce since 1997. Decline of Religion in Society Less people now believe in religion than 20yrs ago. Because of this, less people are morally against divorce.

Changes in the Social Position of Women This is probably the main reason that more divorce applications are being requested, and going through. Woman are more likely to apply for divorce than men. In 1995 3/4 of divorce applications were applied for by women Woman now have better paid jobs, have more respect and do not have to play the house wife role, also benefits are available for women and children. Because of this, women are more economically safe, so they do not have to depend on husbands.

Should people stay together for their children? View 1 No, it would be unfair to force people to stay a loveless marriage. It is better for the parents to split, at least then the children could be brought up in a happy home View 2 Yes, it is unfair to let children witness their parents get a divorce as they can get messy. Children should live with both parents, this way they will have a stable home and have a balanced point of view.

Culture Norms, values and beliefs that belong to a gorup which makes them different from another. In a culture, they believe and follow different religions. Some traditions may be about: Clothes Food Religious festivals Education Male and Females roles

Involvement of Society in Family Life State 1. Makes the laws 2. Only allow 1 husband and 1 wife 3. Does not put a limit on the number of children 4. Gives support and tax credits 5. Employ people to help the family: Doctors Nurses Teachers Social Workers 6. Primary Socialisation is expected by society

Family 1. Records are kept about everyone; birth, marriage, divorce and death 2. A Census is carried out every 10 years to keep a record of population numbers 3. It is also the families responsibilities to help primary

Schooling I’m going to be writing a script on a conversation I had with a primary school parent: Do you ever attend car boot sales that raise money for the school? Not really, I don’t like buying things second hand, but it is a good idea to raise money for the school. If your son lost something at school, would you buy the same thing or would you get something cheaper? I would get them something a bit cheaper, as I can’t afford to keep buying expensive items, especially if they are only going to get lost. Do you attend to parents evening? Yes Do you go to the subjects that he is good at or not good? I go to a bit of both so I get a nice all-round answer. And finally are the boys happy with school? They are happy now. There was a problem with bulling, but that has been dealt with.

Family Structure In many fairy tails they always say that the men are better than woman. They are portrayed as heroes and they always save the day. Some men go a bit to far when it comes to the family.They think that they’re sex dominate so they have the right to beat there wife, girl friend or even their own child. Some adults and children also beat their own parents. This is too keep them under control, for them to look tough and a lot of the time, because they have been hurt in their lives.