CHOOSE ONE (OR MORE) OF THE FOLLOWING MACRO-LEVEL INFLUENCES ON T...

106. Choose one (or more) of the following macro-level influences on the family and discuss how it has affected your own family: economic forces, technological innovations, popular culture, social movements, and family policies.Economic Forces: The student could discuss how the nature of the economy has changed,such that both their parents had to work or that they are postponing marriage and parenthood to get a college education. Student could also discuss negative impacts such as unemployment and job dissatisfaction and their affect on their family.Technological Innovations: The student could discuss how birthrates in their family havedeclined and how family members are living longer due to medical advances which may result intheir parents caring for their grandparents. Student could also discuss the effects of TV, e-mail and the Internet on interactions with family members. Popular Culture: The student could discuss how their families reflect or do not reflect popular culture. Social Movements: The student could discuss how the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, or the marriage movement has affected their family. For example, perhaps they themselves or another family member is living in an openly gay or lesbian relationship and are more accepted by their family members because of the gay rights movement. Family Policies: The student could discuss the procedures they went through to legally marry or why they are not allowed to legally marry.(Applied; pages 22-24)