Study guide and discussion questions for the internet lecture on the family by Giddens. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Study guide/discussion question questions:

Discuss the key changes affecting the family. Discuss the democratic family.

Discussion questions:

Giddens talks about how the family is transforming. Do you see the tranformations that he mentions in your family? Giddens tends to be pretty optimistic about these transformations. He sees them as positive trends. What do you think?