American Ambivalence toward Marriage and the Family What Is a Family?
The Public Family
The Private Family
Two Views, Same Family
A Sociological Perspective on the Family Marriage and the Family: Contrasting Sociological Viewpoints
An Optimistic View
A Pessimistic View
Steering a Middle Course
Diversity How do Family Sociologists Know What They Know? Sociological Theory and the Family
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
The Exchange Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Feminist Perspective
Perspective from Evolutionary Psychology Looking Back Thinking about Families Key Terms Families on the Internet Boxed Features
How do sociologists know what they know? The National Surveys | 
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