Of the nine married couples, five of the wives did not work, which is commonly referred to as ‘stay at home mothers’ (SAHM). SAHM care for their children and in some cases carry out household duties. Functionalist perspective suggests that gender inequalities exist to create a division in labour which allows for the smooth running of the household and helps stability of society. However, Karl Marx (1818), a German sociologist believes inequalities are due to capitalism who forces a division in society to create power, social status and alienate the weak. Inequalities surrounding pay for women also contributes to women staying at home to care for their families. Figures from the EU Commission show that women in Ireland are paid almost 14%
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Marx’s believed that capitalism encourages everyone to put economics at the centre of their life, which leads to inequalities within society and the creation of social classes. Marx referred to this as ‘class conflict’ (Mc Donald, 2014). The conflict theory which focuses on the inequalities in society believes religion is another institution that was created to gain power. This is also evident from the research as one nuclear family is a single parent who is unemployed, single parents are more likely to have a lower class status because it’s viewed that they don’t conform to social norms. Another household, the parents are unmarried, both unemployed and live with their child’s grandparents. This type of family is referred to as the Extended Family. Extended families consist of parents, their children and other relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles or other blood relations (Mc Donald, …show more content…
Happy Days Playschool used this opportunity to talk about the different types of families on the tree and also the families that are not on the tree. Different family types were explained to the children by reading the book ‘Families, families, families’ by Suzanne Lang. The book is about the celebration of family love examining all types of non-traditional families – same sex marriage, single parent extended families and step-families (see appendix ? for learning story). A family with step-parents or step-brothers and sisters is referred to as the reconstituted or blended family. Blended families consist of adults who have children from a previous relationship. One child told his peers that he had a Granny and a ‘Michael’ (Step-grandfather referred to as Michael). French (2007), states that “Children should experience trust, autonomy, initiative, empathy and self-confidence as the foundation for socialisation” (NCCA, 2007, p.23). The Family Tree has allowed children to communicate and further develop their social and emotional skills by having confidence to share family experiences and also to develop respect for each
Marx’s believed that capitalism encourages everyone to put economics at the centre of their life, which leads to inequalities within society and the creation of social classes. Marx referred to this as ‘class conflict’ (Mc Donald, 2014). The conflict theory which focuses on the inequalities in society believes religion is another institution that was created to gain power. This is also evident from the research as one nuclear family is a single parent who is unemployed, single parents are more likely to have a lower class status because it’s viewed that they don’t conform to social norms. Another household, the parents are unmarried, both unemployed and live with their child’s grandparents. This type of family is referred to as the Extended Family. Extended families consist of parents, their children and other relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles or other blood relations (Mc Donald, …show more content…
Happy Days Playschool used this opportunity to talk about the different types of families on the tree and also the families that are not on the tree. Different family types were explained to the children by reading the book ‘Families, families, families’ by Suzanne Lang. The book is about the celebration of family love examining all types of non-traditional families – same sex marriage, single parent extended families and step-families (see appendix ? for learning story). A family with step-parents or step-brothers and sisters is referred to as the reconstituted or blended family. Blended families consist of adults who have children from a previous relationship. One child told his peers that he had a Granny and a ‘Michael’ (Step-grandfather referred to as Michael). French (2007), states that “Children should experience trust, autonomy, initiative, empathy and self-confidence as the foundation for socialisation” (NCCA, 2007, p.23). The Family Tree has allowed children to communicate and further develop their social and emotional skills by having confidence to share family experiences and also to develop respect for each