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William Ogburn identified the six basic functions of the family. How many additional functions can you think of? In what ways, if any, could your additional functions fit into Ogburn's categories?
2

Explore any intergenerational differences in the ways that families fulfill Ogburn's basic functions. If you have a life partner and/or have children, do so by describing the generational differences between your current nuclear family, and the family of your birth. If you have no life partner and/or children, do so by explaining how, ideally, you would fulfill Ogburn's family functions, and how this differs from the patterns in your birth family.





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