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Single-Parent Families.

Date Submitted: 12/28/2004 13:29:20
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 10 pages (2886 words)
The Three Key Concepts of Sociology Applied to Analyzing Single-Parent Families What is the term family? What does it mean? Who decides what makes up a family? The definition of family means "a set of relations especially parents and children" (American Century Dictionary 205). This might include anyone related to by blood or by adoption such as: step parents, grandparents acting as parents, and even brothers and sisters sometimes sharing the same household. The term family …
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