Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Family Size




For the recent more than ten years has been witnessed the changes in the British society.The tendency in the size of families in the British goes nuclear families. Many ageing people stay in the nurse caring, while the adults with under 18 years old children live together ,given over 18 years old ,they will stay in the apartment separately. Which is also the parents desire.

In the traditionary, families, there are normal more than four members,in each family unit Almost are nuclear family . the adolescence are quite happy not living with their parents any more. as they would get on each other's nerves , or irritate each other.However , when

Parents ask their children to live with them, do they would like to acceptance ? in principle yes ,they will live with them if they became dependent, but logistically, it might be a bit of a conundrum. As far as i am concerned, it is a natural cycle really for them to look after us when we a unable to as a youngster and for us to do the same when they are elderly.
However ,in the contemporary ,the phenomenon of pork family are become prominently. they are couples without children .with a free , relaxed ,no responsibility living lifestyle. which lead to the low birth rate, and following with the side effect, for instance, the elder account for the large proportion , moreover,they are the labour for the market instead of the younger ,besides it will bring the huge burden on the government.(pensions,housing,medical care,leisure facilities and so on.

Privacy is the sensitive topic for the family.children have as much right to privacy as they grown-ups, they should not have parents intruding on their own thoughts, so most British people seem to think that the privacy is the most important, even within a family, the only reason it would be ok is if you are really worried that something bad is happening to you ,maybe parent think you are bullied in the school, surely ,in exceptional circumstances it might be justified.

1 comment:

Annie La Grasse said...

Hi Penny

Thanks for researching and writing about family size in Britain.

It is true, the family has reduced in size. As you say TRADITIONALLY families would often have more than 4 people.

You talk about 'parents ask their children to live with them'. Where did you get this information from?

Can you explain what 'a bit of a CONUNDRUM' means?

What is a PORK family? I have never heard of a family described as PORK. It is true,however, if more and more families choose NOT to have children, what will happen to society?