In response to at least two of your peers’ posts, describe a program, practice, or policy that you believe will help support the survival of the family. This could be a current program or one of your own imagining
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Response 1 to carlos castillo
Survival of the Family
I agree with “most sociologists” that are confident the family will survive as a social institution.
Families have been the institution that has been “the center of political, economic, educational,
and religious activities in most human societies throughout history.” (Sullivan, 2016, p. 58).
Family may look different to each person, for example, one person has a father, mother, sister,
and brother in their perceived family unit, and another can have a life-long friend they may
interpret as their family unit. No matter the family dynamics, the family is “a social institution
based on kinship that functions to replace members of society and to nurture them.” (Sullivan,
2016, p. 58).
A functionalist perspective would suggest families perform basic functions needed for survival
and societal maintenance. Major family contributions include regulation of sexual behavior and
reproduction, socialization and education, status in society, economic behavior and activity,
protection, and affection and companionship to name a few. Although these contributions have
been provided by the family throughout history, many alternatives have risen to help accomplish
some of these tasks, such as schools and daycares provide cultural values and personality
development that would otherwise have been provided by the family.
Reference:
Sullivan, T. J. (2015). Introduction to Social Problems, 10th Edition [VitalSource
Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from
https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780134054612
Response 2 to heather smith
I have to say that I have long thought about how our views on family and values have changed
over the decades. I agree with the functionalist perspective that states that families perform the
regulation of sexual behavior and reproduction, socialization and education, status conferral,
economic activity, protection, and affection and companionship. (Sullivan, 2016, pg 59-60). The
family is supposed to rear an individual, teach them and show them the ways of society.
However, the morals and values that once used to be guarded have become stretched and
devalued. The family unit is questioned along with how we teach and discipline our children. We
have become helicopter parents and our children have become entitled. What the family unit
looks like has evolved and it has become so easy to destroy it. It is much easier to get divorced
these days and vows are no longer sacred. Love is love and anyone has the right to love who
they will, however, marriage and the family unit is made out to be a joke now. Media has all
these fake shows that make marriage look ridiculous such as “ The bachelor”. My parents were
married for 35 years through thick and thin and I learned that I will fight for my marriage and my
family. The family unit is an integral part of society and helps create the foundation to future
generations. With that being said I completely agree with the interactionist perspective. “When
people are not provided with clear expectations for how they should behave, the stability of
society is threatened because people may make choices that are defined by others as
detrimental to society (Sullivan, 2016)”.
Sullivan, T. (2016). Introduction to Social Problems (10th ed.). Boston, Ma: Pearson Education
Inc.
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