Age Group : 14-16,16+

Subject : Sociology

Topic : Community and culture

Keywords : Absent fathers, Feckless fathers, Gender roles, Families, Societal change, Single parent, Life chances, The New Right, Families and culture

Notes : DISCUSSION • What is meant by the term ' feckless father'? • How is the father in the clip different from traditional fathers? • Explore other ways in which gender roles have changed. • What are the long term effects of this father on the mothers and his children? • Is there a suggestion of a change in societal values in the extract? Which ones? EXTENDED WORK • Collect statistics for one parent families. • Investigate movements which give support to willing seperated dads. • Clip refers to research. See a summary at Millennium Cohort Study List the main conclusions of the research. • Do research to discover how childhood has changed in the past 60 years. - use in your report statsistics, figures and diagrams. • What does the Children's Act of 1989 suuggest for the relationship between child and parents? • REVISION • Discuss the ways in whcih childhood has altered. Link these changes to societal changes. • Outline how the roles of parents have altered in the last 50 years. •How would the New Right view ' feckless fathers'? Compare with a viewpoint from another group.

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