Bott - Fuller

The idea of conducting research in such an organized fashion in the private setting surprised me. Families, as Bott explained, are very closed off and private, especially in urban settings where privacy has become standard, and where presenting a certain image to those outside of the family/household group is expected. I found interesting the idea of family members in these urban households, for the most part, individually networked with those outside of their household group, creating a thinly spread network not cohesive with the family. From the reading, it seemed to me that interfamilial relationships occur only with extended family, for the most part. How would non-kin household groups network, and under what circumstances? (Contextualized evidence seems to be the only reliable presentation of information in the cases presented.) I also found it interesting when Bott mentioned that the church and the family doctor were the few outside institutions in which the family completely networked with.