Institution of a family
...group. Roles such as a scapegoat, clown, breadwinner and caretaker have changed greatly throughout the last 50 years. Not so much the scapegoat or clown, but the breadwinner and caretaker have changed. In the 1950s the breadwinner was almost always a male, generally the father; and the caretaker was almost always a female, the mother. In more recent times there has been more than one breadwinner which can be of either sex. Today the caretaker is still a female for the majority, but the position as defined by that sex as it once was. Rules like folkways, mores, and laws haven't necessarily decreased, but the structural lines have definitly blurred. Folkways that can be as simple as having respect for your family members have faded. Presently, there is less respect towards family members especially in the child to parent relationship. Families have become more diverse by inviting boyfriends and girlfriends to dinner or to holiday parties, and by eating dinner at a friend's house or eating at a resturant. Discipline has also become less strict, and children/teenagers have a tendancy to not really listen to what their parents tell or ask them to do. When you have a larger than average family, there can be high points and low points depending on your role in the family and how you look at it. The more people you have, the less attentive the parents are toward each individual. The less there is the more spoiled each person is (generally) and parents tend to be more over-protective. Dinner time used to be a fairly big value in everyday life, but it's not respected as much anymore. This is caused by sports, work, and going out to dinner, so generally family time isn't valued as much as it used to be. In this institution rewards are given for good grades and chores or things similar to that which children used to do without compensation. Kids used to be better all around, so they weren't punished as often, but on the occasion that they were, the punishment was usually physical. To become a member of this society, you basically have to exist or not exist. The only things that would make either of those possible are birth and death. You could become a member of a ...