Read the article by Popenoe (link here)
- Which perspective do you agree with more– the family decline or the family transformation perspective– and why?
- What were your results from the quiz? Were you surprised about how your opinions fit in with the nationally representative sample?
- Based on material from this week, what do you think is the future of the family in America?
1. Read the article by Popenoe (
link here
)
2. Read two responses to his article by Judith Stacey (
link here
) and Philip Cowan (
link here
).
3. Take the Pew Research quiz to help identify your perspective on family change (link
here
).
Your discussion post should answer:
1. Which perspective do you agree with more– the family decline or the family transformation perspective– and why?
2. What were your results from the quiz? Were you surprised about how your opinions fit in with the nationally representative sample?
3. Based on material from this week, what do you think is the future of the family in America?
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Link No 1
https://moodle.lsu.edu/pluginfile.php/377528/mod_forum/intro/Popenoe%201993 ?time=1599150202545
Link No 2
https://moodle.lsu.edu/pluginfile.php/377528/mod_forum/intro/Cowan-Response%20to%20Popenoe-1993
Link No 3
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/attitudes-about-the-changing-american-family/?src=family-report
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