Exam 9: Families and Children

Paul spends nearly every Saturday with his two children. This is very different from his parents, who rarely spent time with Paul and his four siblings. This shift reflects which goal of modern parents?

Jackson, age 10, just received his first cellular phone. What does this mean in relation to his parents?

From the 1960s to the 1990s-a period when women's employment rates grew rapidly-the time mothers spent with their children increased. How was that possible?

Daniel is insulted when his mother says that Daniel and his husband will become a family only when they have children. What do Daniel and his mother disagree about?

National statistics show that most American families have one to two children, with two being the most common. These numbers are much lower than in the past, but while the falling birth rate is largely acknowledged, many other changes in the institution of the family are less commonly recognized. List at least one other trend and its social significance.

Parents try to provide which three broad categories of skills or resources to their children?

How have adoption patterns in the United States shifted over the past half-century?

The term parenting became popular in the 1970s, as did

Since 2004, the number of international adoptions has dropped dramatically as the flow of children from certain countries shrank. What has caused this decline?

The sociological definition of fertility focuses on

Compare and contrast how the living arrangements of White, Black, and Latino children have changed in the past 50 years. How do these changes relate to the concepts of diversity, inequality, and social change?

Lucia was concerned about the well-being of her 11-year-old, who seemed increasingly anxious. What is a child well-being expert likely to prescribe for Lucia's daughter?

Decisions about childbearing aren't perfectly planned. When researchers look at larger trends, however, they see that childbearing patterns among people respond to what?

Until the 1960s, the male provider ideal was the dominant conception of what a father should be. The current dominant American ideal is the

Why has infertility been a source of stigma for women?

What is one reason that mothers today might be less likely to relinquish their children than in the past?

The high frequency of unintended births, especially among women or couples with less education or fewer economic resources, partly results from

Forty percent of all children born in the United States are born to parents who aren't married, up from 28 percent in 1990. This trend is closely tied to

An unmarried mother with two children loses her job. She then allows her boyfriend and his child to move in with her family. This allows her to continue making mortgage payments while searching for new employment. The mother and her boyfriend are very happy, but they worry because their three children are experiencing a(n)

Childhood obesity is more common among