Answer the following question, answer should be about 550-650 words long.
Why must we examine the economic role of the family in society to gain an understanding of conceptions of childhood, of child socialization, and patterns of child-parent relationships? Be sure to use comparative historical and/or cultural evidence in answering this question. That is, to answer this question satisfactorily, you need to contrast families at different times in history, or else contrast contemporary families in different social and economic situations, or both.
