The Youtube video shares some very interesting facts about leisure and media. I find it so interesting how much time kids spend lost in social media. I didn’t have any social media until I was in high school and I think I benefited greatly from it. I strongly agree with the statement that kids who spend more time on their phone and watch a lot of TV have a lower vocabulary than those who don’t. I think we should spend less time on our phones, and more time with our families.
Family
My mind was blown to find out that people’s marriages decrease when they have kids. I never realized the strain kids have on parents and their marriage. It’s crazy to me that a family can be considered two people. Coming from a very large family, it is hard for me to understand that some people have very few cousins if any at all. Sociology of the family is a sub-field of sociology in which researchers examine the family as one of several key social institutions, and as a unit of socialization from a variety of sociological perspectives. The sociology of the family is a common component of introductory and pre-university academic curricula, as the family makes for a familiar and illustrative example of patterned social relations and dynamics.
Sociologists who study the family also look at how other institutions affect and are affected by family systems. For instance, how is the family affected by religion and how is religion influenced by the family? Likewise, how is the family affected by work, politics, and mass media, and how are each of these institutions affected by the family? The topic of parenting is a large one. It includes things such as the socialization of children, parental roles, single parenting, adoption and foster parenting, and the roles of children based on gender. Sociological research has found that gender stereotypes influence parenting even when children are at a very young age, and manifests in a gender pay gap for children’s chores. Sociologists have also examined whether being in a same-sex couple affects parenting. (https://www.thoughtco.com/sociology-of-the-family-3026281)
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Sociology Through Heidi's Eyes 