SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
Instructions
1. Try to write around half a page per answer for maximum grade. Anything more than half a page is
welcome and will get you a higher grade.
2. Incorporate 3 aspects to your answer textbook information, lecture notes/discussions and your
own thoughts and evaluations for every answer.
Chapter 7
1. How do Americans participate in the workforce and how does it impact the family? pp 208-210
2. What is a cottage industry? pp 210-211
3. In your opinion what are the most important issues for families concerning childcare? pp 211-
213
4. What is telecommuting and its associated benefits? pp 219-220.
5. What are the benefits of working women and why? pp 219 and 221.
Chapter 8
6. How has divorce been defined? pp 253-260
7. What are the legal roles that parents must adjust to after a divorce? pp 262-270
8. How are children affected by living in a single parent home? pp 271-275
9. What sorts of remarriage families are there and how can they affect children? pp 275-283
10. How can death affect a family? pp 285-286
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