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Ar Teaghlach/Our Family

Episode 10 of 14

S霉il air an teaghlach agus a cruth san l脿 an-diugh ann an Alba. A look at what family means in today鈥檚 Scotland.

Tha iomadh se貌rsa suidheachadh teaghlaich rim faighinn san l脿 an-diugh 鈥� ach uile fhathast le clann aig an cridhe. A bharrachd air teaghlach traidiseanta le athair agus m脿thair, tha diofar chruthan teaghlaich eile ann cuideachd.

Tha sinn a鈥� me貌rachadh air na tha teaghlach a鈥� ciallachadh san l脿 an-diugh, agus a鈥� coimhead air mar a tha e air atharrachadh sna 40 bliadhna a dh鈥� fhalbh. Ged is e saoghal a th鈥檃nn a tha a鈥� s矛or atharrachadh, tha 75% de theaghlaichean nan teaghlaichean 鈥榯raidiseanta鈥� 鈥� le an athair agus m脿thair p貌sta, agus a鈥� togail an cuid cloinne c貌mhla.

A-nise ge-t脿 tha cuideachd teaghlaichean ann le aon ph脿rant, teaghlaichean le p脿rantan a tha aon-ghn猫itheach, agus cuid eile aig nach eil ceangal-fala ri na teaghlaichean aca idir. The iomadach buidheann taic ann cuideachd, leithid 鈥楧ads Rock鈥�, agus tha an d貌igh anns a bheil clann air an togail cuideachd air atharrachadh, le diofar she貌rsaichean feallsanachdan air nochdadh. 鈥楽 e aon dhi霉bh sin, 鈥榓ttachment parenting鈥� a tha air f脿s nas cumanta thar nan deich bliadhna a chaidh seachad.

Today鈥檚 modern families take many different forms 鈥� all though with children at their core. As well as traditional families with a mum and dad, family can be defined in many other ways. We explore what family means in today鈥檚 society, and look at how it has changed in the last 40 years. While it is an evolving world, 75 per cent of families are seen as a traditional family - with the father and mother married, and their children being brought up within that unit.

However, there are also now single parent families, same sex parent families, as well as families where there is no direct blood tie, with the children having been adopted. There are also numerous support groups like 鈥楧ads Rock鈥�, and the way that children are being brought up has also changed, with various different philosophies now being put in to practice. One example is 鈥榓ttachment parenting鈥� which has seen a rise in the last ten years.

59 minutes

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Executive Producer Seumas Mactaggart
Executive Producer Margaret Mary Murray

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