{"id":531,"date":"2011-11-21T16:58:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T16:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/?page_id=531"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:18:13","slug":"the-ecology-of-childhood-2-1-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/the-ecology-of-childhood-2-1-families\/","title":{"rendered":"EC 2.1 Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The parental role is nested within social norms and within economic and political realities that shape community support” (Clinton, 2020, p. 1).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Family experiences are a young child\u2019s most potent experiences. Families mediate a child’s contact with other environments. Parents and other primary caregivers and the home environment are the most powerful and long-lasting influence in the lives of young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The structure of families and the roles and responsibilities of family members are influenced by changing economic, social conditions and what is valued by a society. The makeup of families is constantly changing. The late Alan Mirabelli, former executive director of the Vanier Institute of the Family, discusses the history of family structure.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n VIEW<\/span>\n Mirabelli – the history of family structure (2:57)<\/span>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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