Assess the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm in modern Britain
Ife Amusan-HT7 Sociology Essay Ms Rees
Assess the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm in modern Britain.
In this essay, I am going to be talking about nuclear families not being the norm anymore. A nuclear family is a family that consists of the mother, father and the child/children (A heterosexual relationship between the mother and father, which would be based on love, compassion, etc. The mother’s role includes cooking for the family, looking after the children, etc. The father’s role includes providing for the family, acting as a role model towards the children, etc. The children are obviously a result of the mother and father showing their love towards each other.)
In the olden days, nuclear families were the norm. It was required that the relationship between a couple should be armoured by marriage. Although this point isn’t really believed anymore, some people still follow it-e.g. -Christians believe that couples should get married before they have any sort of sexually relationship, or even children. If your family wasn’t nuclear, you were considered as different to the society. You would even be treated differently. Not having a nuclear family would be a single mother with children, or a single father with children (though in some cases the adult could be a widow/widower). Another way of not being a nuclear family would even be being single/not married! In those days they used the word spinster for single women. (The word is not really used today, as it can be offensive to single women, although some cultures still choose to use it.)
