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Changes in Family Life
Changes in Family Life
Young People And The Law
• May be employed part-timeAge 13
• Allowed in bars but not to drink alcoholAge 14
• Legally a ‘young person’ and not a ‘child’Age 15
• School leaving age, can leave home, drive a moped, marry with parents’ permission (not needed in Scotland), buy beer with a meal
Age 16
• Can drive a car or motorbikeAge 17
• Age of maturity – can vote, get married without parents’ permission, own property, get tattooed, drink in pubs…
Age 18
Changes in Family Life
Changes in Family Life
The Breakdown of marriage
The Breakdown of marriage
The Breakdown of marriage
The Breakdown of marriage
The Breakdown of marriage
One-parent families
1986 2004
1/8 children were born to unmarried parents
1/2 children were born to unmarried parents
15% of children lived in lone parent households
26% of children lived in lone parent households
One-parent families
The Organization for One-Parent families
Adoption
Adoption
The Tradition of Marriage
The Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian Church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion
A church wedding
Chapel
Registry Office
Registry office is a local office for the registration of births, deaths and marriages, and for the conducting of civil marriages. Set up by Act of Parliament
in 1837.
The Tradition of Marriage
The Wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Married in White, you have chosen
right,
Married in Blue, your
love will always be
true,
Married in Pearl, you
will live in a whirl,
Married in Brown, you will live in
town,
Married in Red, you will wish yourself
dead,
Married in Yellow,
ashamed of your fellow,
The wedding dress
Married in Green,
ashamed to be seen,
The wedding dress
Married in Pink, your spirit will
sink,
The wedding dress
Married in Grey, you will go far away,
The wedding dress
Married in Black, you will wish
yourself back.
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Some customs of the wedding
Honeymoon
Honeymoon
Weekday Routine of Family Life
Getting up• Alarm clock goes off – early cup of tea in
bed.• Take turns to wash in bathroom.• Pick up morning newspaper and milk
bottle.• Breakfast, usually in kitchen.• Go off to school and work.
Morning• Travel to work in rush hour, 8-9 a.m.• Mid-morning break for tea or coffee.• “Elevenses” at home for pre-school
children and housewives.
Midday• Lunch or snack in canteen – school meal.• Packed lunch (sandwiches) from home or
shop.• Business executive lunch in restaurant or
pub.• Snack for housewife at home.
Early afternoon• Cups of tea in factories and offices.• Tea for mother and children at home.
Late afternoon• ‘High tea’, especially in the North; a hot
meal, snack, cake, cheese, salads, tea.• Children under three have small meal or
milk and biscuits; then off to bed.
Evening• Hot supper for family, if they have not
had ‘high tea’.• Watch television.• Do school homework.• Go out to clubs, meetings,
entertainments.
Going to bed• Have a hot drink. Take a bath or have a
wash.• Get into bed.
Variations to the Routine
Variations to the Routine
Friends & neighbours
Friends and neighbours
Family visiting
Family holiday
A port on the English Channel A port on the English channel
The Channel to Dieppe in France
Boulogne in France
Boulogne is one of France's most important fishing ports
Austria in summer
Skiing in Italy
Family holiday
A camping holiday
Family holiday
Costa Blanca in SpainCosta Blanca (literally in English "White Coast“) refers to the over 200 kms of coastline belonging to the Province of Alicante in Spain.
The older generation
The older generation