Nuclear family

Nuclear family
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Nuclear family
Background, media, culture

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How would you define a "nuclear family"?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Definition nuclear family
(noun)
a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit. (Dictionary)
A nuclear family, elementary family, atomic family, cereal-packet family or conjugal family is a family group consisting of parents and their children, typically living in one home residence. It is in contrast to a single-parent family, the larger extended family, or a family with more than two parents.
(Wikipedia)

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Definition
The family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It contains adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting adults.
(George Murdock)

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US family structures 1960-2012
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Slide 6 - Video

Slide 7 - Video

Nuclear families in media
Early sitcoms - nuclear families


Seventh Heaven   (1990s)

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What TV shows with families can you think of (nuclear or not?)

Slide 9 - Mind map

- Full House
- Fresh Prince of Bel Air
- The Cosby Show
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Family Guy
- The Simpsons
- Gilmore Girls
- Modern Family
- Friends
- Family Matters
- Arrested Development
- All in the Family
- Roseanne
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Married...with Children
- The Wonder Years
- Happy Days
- The Beverly Hillbillies


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Assignment: Google your sitcoms. Nuclear family? What family structure? Why (humor?)

Slide 11 - Open question