Families are impacted by global flows. Identify the four global flows that effect the family and describe the challenges families face with each flow. Identify one strategy that allows families to cope.
What will be an ideal response?
Global flows that affect the family take four major forms: Entire families can move from one part of the globe to another; individual family members can move to a different part of the world and bring the rest of the family later; individuals can immigrate to create new families; and transnational adoptions can bring children from less developed to more developed countries. Students could choose to identify a range of challenges including trafficking, family conflict, marriage squeeze, long term separation, challenges of hybrid families, etc. The text identifies technologies such as cell phones as allowing families a mechanism to stay in contact.
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