TED Talks
TED: Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family | Diana Adams
The nuclear family model may no longer be the norm in the US, but it's still the basis for social and economic benefits like health care, tax breaks and citizenship. Lawyer and LBGTQIA advocate Diana Adams believes that all families,...
Curated Video
Beverly LaHaye
At a time when many women in the United States were campaigning for greater rights, Beverly LaHaye raised her voice for traditional values. An expert activist and founder of Concerned Women for America, today she is admired and reviled...
Psychology Unlocked
Do you need two parents? Bruno Bettelheim (1964) and Communal Parenting
This video explores a classic observational study of non-traditional parenting. Bettelheim (1964) spent 7 weeks on a Kibbutz studying communal parenting.
PBS
Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?
If your family is in the traditional nuclear family formation (2 parents + kids living in a single home) then you're in a pretty common formation. But if your family ISN'T a traditional nuclear family, then you're also in a pretty common...
ShortCutsTv
Family and Social Change
How are family life, structure and relationships changing? And to what extent are these changes a consequence of modernity and postmodernity? This film examines these questions in terms of three types of social change: identity,...
Schooling Online
Destroying Drama: Arthur Miller, The Crucible - Context
Watch this video to learn about Miller’s world and its influence on the play The Crucible. Discover 1950s America and the widespread fear of communism, which grew into the Red Scare and McCarthyism. We’ll unpack the Cold War, the...
Bridgeman Arts
Capital County, 1950, part 4 - Man at breakfast table with family, council buildings and coat of arms
Clip 4 of a film called Capital County, exploring the work of the London County Council (LCC) and the development and administration of London in 1950. The film presents council services seen through the eyes of an ordinary citizen of...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #37: Theories About Family and Marriage
This episode explores how sociology defines family and the different terms used to describe specific types of family. We'll look at marriage in different societies, as well as marital residential patterns and patterns of descent. And, of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Family: Basic Concepts: Lesson 3
This lesson explore the relationships inherent in family, kinship, marriage, extended family, and nuclear family. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Family: Basic Concepts."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Family: Basic Concepts: Lesson 4
This lesson explores the relationships inherent in family, kinship, marriage, extended family, and nuclear family. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Family: Basic Concepts."