1. Describe your kinship group. What types of obligations do you think that your kinship group has for the members?

2. Scholars have suggested that people tend to marry people like themselves. Do you think this is true? Do you think this trend is changing in modern society? Why or why not?

3. Of the different functions that families provide, which do you think is the most important? Why?

4. Why do you think divorces have increased in the last fifty years? What factors may have influenced this? Do you think people think about marriage and divorce differently today?

5. Describe your family arrangement. What family variation do you think your family falls into? Why?