LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction to Course (PDF)
2	The Origin of the Family (PDF)
3	The Family in the Past I (PDF)
4	The Family in the Past II (PDF)
5	Definition of the Family I (PDF)
6	Definition of the Family II
7	Definition of the Family III: Culture and Ideology (PDF)
8	Definition of the Family IV: Ethnic and Social Class Variability (PDF)
9	Definition of the Family V: Gay and Lesbian Families; Adoption (PDF)
10	The Effects of Changing Gender Roles on the Family
11	Sexuality: The Social Context I (PDF)
12	Sexuality: The Social Context II
13	Marriage: Definitions, Functions, Variability (PDF)
14	Parenting (PDF)
15	Parenting: Changes (PDF)
16	Parenting: Problems (PDF)
17	Divorce I (PDF)
18	Divorce II (PDF)
19	Violence in the Family (PDF)
20	Economic Issues and Problems I: Work - at Home and in the Workplace (PDF)
21	Economic Issues and Problems II: Economic Change (PDF)
22	Economic Issues and Problems III: Poverty, Genteel and Brutal (PDF)
23	Economic Issues and Problems IV: Differential Rates of Poverty in Racial and Ethnic Groups (PDF)
24	Economic Issues and Problems V: Diversity in Families (PDF)
25	The US and Sweden ("The Ultimate Welfare State") Compared (PDF)
26	The Longer Life Span