Social Class

There are different things that go into higher or lower social classes; in my class we discussed the factors which are: amount of money, location of living, education or skills, social connections. These factors are all related to the family we are all born into. Our social class is not always determined by family, although it is more difficult for one to gain the education or skills to obtain the other factors of social class. The functions of family are also related to social class. By family functions I mean the support system families provide for one another; these are: providing for children, teaching about life (values or socialization with others), providing security, safety, belonging and love. When in a social class that demands more time from the parents it is difficult for them to teach their children and to provide the same amount of security and safety. This is not to say that someone is definatly going to have the same family function as their parents. These are simply the correlations between social class and family.